Reducing contacts to stop SARS-CoV-2 transmission during the second pandemic wave in Brussels, Belgium, August to November 2020

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Reducing contacts to stop SARS-CoV-2 transmission during the second pandemic wave in Brussels, Belgium, August to November 2020
 
Ingelbeen, Brecht; Peckeu, Laurène; Laga, Marie; Hendrix, Ilona; Neven, Inge; van der Sande, Marianne A.B.; van Kleef, Esther
(2021) Eurosurveillance, volume 26, issue 7, pp. 2 - 8
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Abstract
To evaluate the effect of physical distancing and school reopening in Brussels between August and November 2020, we monitored changes in the number of reported contacts per SARS-CoV-2 case and associated SARS-CoV-2 transmission. The second COVID-19 pandemic wave in Brussels was the result of increased social contact across all ages ... read more
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Keywords: Belgium/epidemiology, COVID-19/prevention & control, Humans, Pandemics/prevention & control, Physical Distancing, Schools, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.7.2100065
ISSN: 1025-496X
Publisher: Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA
Note: Funding Information: Funding: This study was partially funded by EU grant 874850 MOOD and is catalogued as MOOD [004]. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). All rights reserved.
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