Effects of voluntary event cancellation and school closure as countermeasures against COVID-19 outbreak in Japan.

<h4>Background</h4>To control the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan, sports and entertainment events were canceled and schools were closed throughout Japan from February 26 through March 19. That policy has been designated as voluntary event cancellation and school closure (VECSC).<h4>Obj...

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Main Authors: Yoshiyuki Sugishita, Junko Kurita, Tamie Sugawara, Yasushi Ohkusa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239455