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

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

Background 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). Object This study assesses VECSC...

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Main Authors: Kurita, J. (Author), Ohkusa, Y. (Author), Sugawara, T. (Author), Sugishita, Y. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2021
Subjects:
Article
clinical decision making
clinical effectiveness
clinical feature
clinical outcome
controlled study
coronavirus disease 2019
COVID-19
Disease Outbreaks
education program
epidemic
epidemiological data
evidence based practice
health care policy
human
Humans
infection control
infection risk
infection sensitivity
Japan
Models, Statistical
pandemic
Pandemics
prevention and control
risk reduction
school
school health service
Schools
statistical model
voluntary event cancellation and school closure
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