Associations of Government-Mandated Closures and Restrictions With Aggregate Mobility Trends and SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Nigeria | Zendy

Daniel O. Erim | Zendy; Gbemisola Aderemi Oke | Zendy; Akinyele Olumuyiwa Adisa | Zendy; Oluwakemi Ololade Odukoya | Zendy; Olalekan AyoYusuf | Zendy; Theodora Nawa Erim | Zendy; Tina Tsafa | Zendy; Martin Meremikwu | Zendy; Israel T. Agaku | Zendy

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Associations of Government-Mandated Closures and Restrictions With Aggregate Mobility Trends and SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Nigeria

Author(s) -

Daniel O. Erim,

Gbemisola Aderemi Oke,

Akinyele Olumuyiwa Adisa,

Oluwakemi Ololade Odukoya,

Olalekan AyoYusuf,

Theodora Nawa Erim,

Tina Tsafa,

Martin Meremikwu,

Israel T. Agaku

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

jama network open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.278

H-Index - 39

ISSN - 2574-3805

DOI - 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.32101

Subject(s) - recreation , covid-19 , pharmacy , negative binomial distribution , medicine , pandemic , government (linguistics) , demography , environmental health , geography , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , statistics , family medicine , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , sociology , political science , law , poisson distribution

Key Points Question Were coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–related government-mandated closures and restrictions associated with changes in aggregate mobility and the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria? Findings In this cross-sectional study of data from smartphone users throughout Nigeria, closures and restrictions had significant associations with aggregate mobility trends and may have been associated with averting up 5.8 million severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infections over the study period. Accelerated community spread of COVID-19 was noted in residential areas, transit hubs, and workplaces. Meaning These findings suggest that government-mandated closures and restrictions may have slowed the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria.

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