Early evidence that social distancing and public health interventions flatten the COVID-19 curve in Italy

With the world experiencing one of the largest pandemics in one-hundred years, governments and policymakers are looking for scientific evidence to introduce rapid and effective policies. Here we provide evidence from two provinces in Italy with comparable early infection rates but different timing of mitigating policy measures. Lodi prohibited movement on February 23, 2020 and Bergamo 2 weeks later on March 8, before the entire lockdown of Italy on March 11. This comparison provides early evidence that rapid restriction of movement and social distancing measures may slow the transmission of the virus and “flatten the curve”, ultimately reducing pressure on health care systems

• Publication year

  2020

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  Unknown venue

• Publication date

  2020-04-22

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science, Political Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.31219/osf.io/wah4e
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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