Open AccessPossible effects of mixed prevention strategy for COVID-19 epidemic: massive testing, quarantine and social distancing
Author(s) -
Toshikazu Kuniya,
Hisashi Inaba
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
aims public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2327-8994
DOI - 10.3934/publichealth.2020040
Subject(s) - quarantine , social distance , covid-19 , distancing , pandemic , virology , medicine , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology
The pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread and caused enormous and serious damages to many countries worldwide. One of the most typical interventions is the social distancing such as lockdown that would contribute to reduce the number of contacts among undiagnosed individuals. However, prolongation of the period of such a restrictive intervention could hugely affect the social and economic systems, and the outbreak will come back if the strong social distancing policy will end earlier due to the economic damage. Therefore, the social distancing policy should be followed by massive testing accompanied with quarantine to eradicate the infection.