Open AccessA compendium of evidence related to ‘social distancing’measure in view of the spread of COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Anuradha Kunal Shah,
Keval Shah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
healthline
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2320-1525
pISSN - 2229-337X
DOI - 10.51957/healthline_141_2020
Subject(s) - social distance , pandemic , covid-19 , compendium , distancing , public health , h1n1 pandemic , psychology , virology , geography , medicine , nursing , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , archaeology , pathology , outbreak
With no definitive treatment in place to date for the COVID-19 pandemic, reliance on public health measures is of utmost importance. Social distancing requires maintaining a physical distance of at least one meter between people and reducing the number of times people come into close contact with each other. Modeling evidence from past influenza pandemics and current experiences with COVID-19 indicates the role of SD in delaying the spread of the virus by reducing the probability that uninfected person will come into physical contact with an infected person.