Human behaviour, NPI and mobility reduction effects on COVID-19 transmission in different countries of the world.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The outbreak of Coronavirus disease, which originated in Wuhan, China in 2019, has affected the lives of billions of people globally. Throughout 2020, the reproduction number of COVID-19 was widely used by decision-makers to explain their strategies to control the pandemic.

Methods

In this work, we deduce and analyze both initial and effective reproduction numbers for 12 diverse world regions between February and December of 2020. We consider mobility reductions, mask wearing and compliance with masks, mask efficacy values alongside other non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in each region to get further insights in how each of the above factored into each region's SARS-COV-2 transmission dynamic.

Results

We quantify in each region the following reductio

SUBMITTER: Mohammadi Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9394048 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature