Cities across China implemented stringent social distancing measures in early 2020 to curb coronavirus disease outbreaks. We estimated the speed with which these measures contained transmission in cities. A 1-day delay in implementing social distancing resulted in a containment delay of 2.41 (95% CI 0.97-3.86) days.
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Du, Z., Xu, X., Wang, L., Fox, S. J., Cowling, B. J., Galvani, A. P., & Meyers, L. A. (2020). Effects of Proactive Social Distancing on COVID-19 Outbreaks in 58 Cities, China. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 26(9). https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.201932
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