Open AccessEffect of Social Distancing Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Incidence of Viral Respiratory Tract Infections in Children in Finland During Early 2020
Author(s) -
Ilari Kuitunen,
Miia Artama,
Lotta Mäkelä,
Katri Backman,
Tarja HeiskanenKosma,
Marjo Renko
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000002845
Subject(s) - medicine , social distance , incidence (geometry) , pandemic , covid-19 , pediatrics , population , respiratory tract infections , epidemiology , respiratory tract , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , respiratory system , emergency medicine , environmental health , physics , optics
Social distancing measures are used to reduce the spreading of infection. Our aim was to assess the immediate effects of national lockdown orders due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on pediatric emergency room (ER) visits and respiratory tract infections in hospitals and nationwide in Finland.