Open AccessUse of movement restrictions during an outbreak of COVID-19 in Selangor, Malaysia
Author(s) -
Anita Suleiman,
Sha'ari Ngadiman,
Mazliza Ramly,
Ahmad Faudzi Yusoff,
Mohamed Paid Yusof
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
western pacific surveillance response journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2094-7313
pISSN - 2094-7321
DOI - 10.5365/wpsar.2020.11.3.008
Subject(s) - contact tracing , quarantine , outbreak , covid-19 , isolation (microbiology) , public health , cluster (spacecraft) , psychological intervention , movement control , environmental health , geography , pandemic , public health surveillance , social isolation , medicine , demography , virology , sociology , disease , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , nursing , biology , pathology , psychiatry , microbiology and biotechnology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , programming language
Various public health and social measures have been used during the COVID-19 outbreak, including lockdowns, contact-tracing, isolation and quarantine. The objective of this manuscript is to describe outbreaks of COVID-19 in Selangor, Malaysia, the public health strategies used and the observed impact of the measures on the epidemic curve.