Do regionally targeted lockdowns alter movement to non-lockdown regions? Evidence from Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT: Regionally targeted interventions are being used by governments to slow the spread of COVID-19. In areas where free movement is not being actively restricted, there is uncertainty about how effective such regionally targeted interventions are due to the free movement of people between regions. We use mobile-phone network mobility data to test two hypotheses: 1) do regions targeted by exhibit increased outflows into other regions and 2) do regions targeted by interventions increase outflows specifically into areas with lesser restrictions. Our analysis focuses on two well-defined regionally targeted interventions in Ontario, Canada the first intervention as the first wave subsided (July 17, 2020) and the second intervention as we entered into new restrictions during the onset of the second

SUBMITTER: Long JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9922963 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature