Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

January 6, 2021

Assessing Mandatory Stay‐at‐Home and Business Closure Effects on the Spread of COVID‐19

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A study evaluating the effects of mandatory stay-at-home and business closure policies found that implementing any non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI) was associated with significant reductions in case growth in 9 of 10 study countries, including South Korea and Sweden which only implemented less restrictive NPIs. After subtracting the epidemic and less restrictive NPI effects, the study found no clear, significant beneficial effect of more restrictive NPIs on case growth in any country. 

Bendavid et al. (Jan 5, 2021). Assessing Mandatory Stay‐at‐Home and Business Closure Effects on the Spread of COVID‐19. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. https://doi.org/10.1111/eci.13484