What is it about?
During the early period after infectious carriers of COVID-19 are located in novel regions, lockdowns are not effective if the population is evenly distributed, but can be if a large proportion of infectious carriers are found in sparsely populated areas.
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Why is it important?
Governmental decisions on enforcing lockdowns should adopt a more targeted approach that accounts for whether regions are composed of sparsely or highly populated areas.
Perspectives
We hope that the main message of our work which promotes a refined lockdown strategy is of interest to governmental agencies, policy makers and the general public.
Danish Ali Ahmed
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This page is a summary of: Mechanistic modelling of COVID-19 and the impact of lockdowns on a short-time scale, PLoS ONE, October 2021, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258084.
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