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Reducing contacts to stop SARS-CoV-2 transmission during the second pandemic wave in Brussels, Belgium, August to November 2020.
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SUBMITTER: Ingelbeen B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7897911 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Reducing contacts to stop SARS-CoV-2 transmission during the second pandemic wave in Brussels, Belgium, August to November 2020.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 20210201 7
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 following school reopening. Physical distancing measures including closure of bars and restaurants, and limiting close contacts, while primary and secondary schools r ...[more]