COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented global health crisis in the last 100 years.
Its economic, social and health impact continues to grow and is likely to end up as one of the …

Background Social distancing is one of the community mitigation measures that may be
recommended during influenza pandemics. Social distancing can reduce virus transmission …

There is a continuing debate on relative benefits of various mitigation and suppression
strategies aimed to control the spread of COVID-19. Here we report the results of agent …

Social distancing and isolation have been widely introduced to counter the COVID-19
pandemic. Adverse social, psychological and economic consequences of a complete or …

The global impact of COVID-19 has been profound, and the public health threat it represents
is the most serious seen in a respiratory virus since the 1918 H1N1 influenza pandemic …

Background: The psychological and behavioral responses during the early stage of
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South Korea were investigated to guide the public …

Background Emergency school closures are often used as public health interventions during
infectious disease outbreaks to minimise the spread of infection. However, if children …

The novel coronavirus has not only brought along disruptions to daily socio-economic
activities, but sickness and deaths due to its high contagion. With no widely acceptable …

When a novel influenza A virus with pandemic potential emerges, nonpharmaceutical
interventions (NPIs) often are the most readily available interventions to help slow …

In recent years the research community has accumulated overwhelming evidence for the
emergence of complex and heterogeneous connectivity patterns in a wide range of …