Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

February 14, 2020

Isolation, quarantine, social distancing and community containment: pivotal role for old-style public health measures in the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak

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  • Researchers discuss isolation, quarantine, and social distancing as successful tools used during the SARS outbreak and raise key questions that must be answered to determine if these measures would be effective in halting the current COVID-19 outbreak.

Wilder-smith and Freedman (Feb 13, 2020). Isolation, quarantine, social distancing and community containment: pivotal role for old-style public health measures in the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. J Travel Med. https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaa020