Study	Reason for exclusion
AASLD 2020	Primary clinical management/ pathway
Abbas 2021	No physical distancing focus
Adlhoch 2020	No communication focus
Allen 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus
Alom 2021	Primarily clinical management/ pathway; health system (not community)
Alvarez‐Galvez 2021	No physical distancing focus
Amerio 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview (commentary)
Andrikopoulos 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview
Anglemyer 2020	No communication focus
Aniceto 2021	Non‐systematic review/overview (commentary)
ANZICS 2020	Primarily clinical management/ pathway
ANZICS 2020b	No physical distancing focus
ASRM 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus
Barry 2013	No physical distancing focus
Bhaumik 2020	No communication focus
Bin 2021	Non‐systematic review/overview; not intersection between communication and physical distancing
Bittencourt 2020	Primarily clinical management/pathway; health system (not community); no communication focus
Blasioli 2022	Non‐systematic review/overview; not intersection between communication and physical distancing
Bokolo 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus
Bolcato 2020	No communication focus
Bonell 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview
Boschiero 2021	Non‐systematic review/overview; no communication focus
Bouznad 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview
Braithwaite 2020	No communication focus
Brooks 2021	Health system (not community)
Busa 2021	Non‐systematic review/overview; no physical distancing focus
Cachon‐Zagalaz 2020	No communication focus
Carter 2021	No communication focus; no intersection between communication and physical distancing
CDC 2020	No communication focus
CDC 2020a	No communication focus
CDC 2020b	No intersection between communication and physical distancing; health system (not community); primarily clinical management/pathway
CDC 2020c	No communication focus
CDC 2020d	No communication and physical distancing focus
CDC 2020e	No communication and physical distancing focus
CDC 2020f	No communication focus
CDC 2020g	No communication focus
CDC 2020h	No communication focus
CDC 2020i	No intersection between communication and physical distancing
CDC 2020j	No communication focus
CDC 2020k	No communication focus
CDC 2020l	No communication focus
CDC 2020n	No communication focus
CDC 2020o	No communication focus
CDC 2020p	No communication and physical distancing focus
CDC 2020q	No communication and physical distancing focus
CDC 2020r	No communication and physical distancing focus
CDC 2020s	Primarily clinical management/pathway; no communication focus
CDC 2020t	No communication and physical distancing focus
CDC 2020u	No intersection between communication and physical distancing
CDC 2020v	No communication focus
CDC 2020w	No communication focus
CDC 2020x	Not research, communication toolkit sample
CDC 2021	No communication focus
CDC 2021a	No communication and physical distancing focus
CDC 2021aa	No communication and physical distancing focus
CDC 2021ab	No communication focus
CDC 2021ac	No communication and physical distancing focus
CDC 2021ad	No communication focus
CDC 2021ae	No communication focus
CDC 2021af	No communication and physical distancing focus
CDC 2021ag	No intersection between communication and physical distancing
CDC 2021ah	No communication focus
CDC 2021ai	No communication focus
CDC 2021aj	No communication and physical distancing focus
CDC 2021ak	No communication and physical distancing focus
CDC 2021al	Primarily clinical management/pathway
CDC 2021am	No communication and physical distancing focus
CDC 2021an	No communication and physical distancing focus
CDC 2021ao	No communication and physical distancing focus
CDC 2021ap	No communications focus; health care (not community)
CDC 2021aq	No communication focus
CDC 2021ar	No communication focus
CDC 2021b	No communication focus
CDC 2021c	No communication and physical distancing focus
CDC 2021d	No communication focus
CDC 2021e	No communication focus
CDC 2021m	No communication focus
CDC 2021n	No communication focus
CDC 2021o	No communication and physical distancing focus
CDC 2021p	Health system (not community)
CDC 2021q	No communication focus
CDC 2021s	Health system (not community)
CDC 2021t	No communication or physical distancing focus (cleaning)
CDC 2021u	No communication focus
CDC 2021v	Health system (not community)
CDC 2021w	No communication focus
CDC 2021x	No communication focus
CDC 2021y	No communication focus
CDC 2021z	No communication focus
Chackalackal 2021	No communication focus
Chan 2020	No communication focus
Chawla 2020	Primarily clinical management/pathway
Choukou 2021	No communication and physical distancing focus
Cobb 2021	No communication and physical distancing focus
Collins 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview
Couto 2020a	Non‐systematic review/overview
Daszak 2021	Non‐systematic review/overview; no physical distancing focus
DEHS 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus
Deolmi 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview
DES 2020a	No communication focus
DES 2020b	No communication and physical distancing focus
Desveaux 2021	Non‐systematic review/overview
DFE 2021	No communication and physical distancing focus
Dhamija 2021	Primarily clinical management/pathway; no communication focus
DHCS 2021	No communication focus
DiLorenzo 2021	Primarily clinical management/pathway; no intersection between communication and physical distancing
Dos Santos 2020	No communication focus
Downes 2020	No intersection between communication and physical distancing
Dubey 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview; no communication focus
EC 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus
ECDC 2020c	No communication focus
ECDC 2020d	No communication focus
ECDC 2020e	No communication focus
ECDC 2020f	No communication focus
Ekberg 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview; no communication or physical distancing focus
EMSA 2021	No communication focus
Feiz 2020	Not systematic review/overview
Ferreira 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview; health system (not community); primarily clinical management/pathway
Finset 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview
Flores 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview; no communication focus
Flumignan 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus; health system (not community)
Geerts 2021	No physical distancing focus; health system (not community)
Gelfand 2021	Primarily clinical management/pathway; no communication focus
Ghate 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus
Government Ireland 2021	No communication and physical distancing focus
Graber 2021	No communication focus
Greysen 2021	No communication and physical distancing focus; health system (not community)
Griffin 2021	Non‐systematic review/overview
Hagan 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview
Hamouche 2021	No communication focus; non‐systematic review/overview
Hirt 2022	No communication focus
Honein 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus
Horcher 2021	Non‐systematic review/overview; no communication focus
Hossain 2020	No communication focus
IASC 2020	No intersection between communication and physical distancing
Iezadi 2021	No communication focus
Imtiaz 2020	No communication focus
Jammu 2021	No communication focus
Jesus 2021	No communication focus
Johansen 2020	No communication focus
Kamposioras 2020	No communication focus; primarily clinical management/pathway
Kondylakis 2020	Not physical distancing focus
Kumar 2020	No communication focus
Kunzler 2021	No physical distancing and communication focus
Kurniawan 2021	No communication or physical distancing focus; primarily clinical management/pathway
Lal 2020	No physical distancing focus; non‐systematic review/overview
Landewe 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus
Lebrasseur 2021	No intersection between communication and physical distancing
Leon Singh 2020	No communication focus
Lo 2020	No communication focus
Lotfi 2021	Non‐systematic review/overview
Maldonado 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview
Mastura 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview
Matos 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus
Matras 2020	Primarily clinical management/pathway; no communication and physical distancing focus
Matterne 2021	No intersection between communication and physical distancing; non‐systematic review/overview
Mendez‐Brito 2021	No communication and physical distancing focus
Michie 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview
Mikuls 2020	Health system (not community); no communication focus; primary clinical management/pathway
Ministry of Health	No communication focus
Miralles 2021	Non‐systematic review/overview
Mistraletti 2020	No physical distancing focus; no intersection between communication and physical distancing
Morina 2021	No communication focus
Muhammad 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview; no communication focus
Murphy 2021	Primarily clinical management/pathway; no physical distancing and communication focus
Nachega 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview
Nagata 2021	Health impact assessment; not review of research
Najafizada 2021	No communication and physical distancing focus
Narla 2021	Primarily clinical management/pathway; no communication focus; health system (not community)
NICE 2020	Primarily clinical management/pathway; no physical distancing focus
Novak 2020	Health system, not community; no intersection between communication and physical distancing
NSW DoH 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus; no intersection between communication and physical distancing; health system (not community)
Nursalam 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus
O'Connell 2021	No communication focus
Ogunleye 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview
Orchard 2021	No communication focus; primarily clinical management/pathway
Pahl 2021	No communication and physical distancing focus
Parajuli 2020	No intersection between communication and physical distancing
Parker 2020	No communication focus
Patel 2020	No communication focus
Patel 2021	Non‐systematic review/overview
Perski 2021	No physical distancing focus; no intersection between communication and physical distancing
PHAC 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus
PHAC 2020a	No communication focus
PHAC 2020b	No communication focus
PHAC 2020c	No intersection between communication and physical distancing
PHAC 2021b	Not physical distancing, communication
PHAC 2021c	No communication and physical distancing focus
PHAC 2021d	No intersection between communication and physical distancing
PHAC 2021e	No communication focus
PHAC 2021f	No communication focus
PHAC 2021g	No intersection between communication and physical distancing
Pimenta 2020	No physical distancing focus
Polonsky 2021	No intersection between communication and physical distancing (protocol; focus on mental health outcomes not physical distancing)
Pourroy 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus; health system (not community)
Price 2020	No communication focus
Puspitasari 2020	No intersection between physical distancing and communication
Qazi 2021	No communication and physical distancing focus
Qi 2021	No communication and physical distancing focus
Rao 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus
RCP 2020	Primarily clinical management/pathway
Ribal 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus; primarily clinical management/pathway
Riggioni 2020	Primarily clinical management/pathway; no communication focus
Robertson 2020	No physical distancing and communication focus; health system (not community)
Robinson 2020	Primary clinical management/pathway; health system (not community); non‐systematic review/overview
Rocha 2021	No communication focus
Ryan 2020	No communication focus
Saadatjoo 2021	No communication focus
Santos 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview
Santos 2020a	Non‐systematic review/overview; primarily clinical management/pathway; no communication and physical distancing focus
SCDPC 2020	No physical distancing focus and no communication focus
Schellack 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview; no physical distancing and communication focus; primarily clinical management/pathway
Schoonees 2021	No physical distancing focus
Selman 2020	Non‐systematic review/guidelines; no physical distancing focus
Sendzikaite 2021	Primarily clinical management/pathway; no communication focus
Serafini 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview; no physical distancing focus
Sharma 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview; no intersection between communication and physical distancing
Sheen 2020	No intersection between communication and physical distancing (poster, excluded based on abstract only)
Sheen 2020a	No communication focus; non‐systematic review/overview (poster, excluded based on abstract only)
Silva 2021	No communication focus
Srikanth 2020	No intersection between communication and physical distancing
Stavridou 2020	No communication focus
Stawicki 2020	No intersection between communication and physical distancing
Stephen 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus
Stoilov 2020	No communication focus; primary clinical management/overview
Stojanovski 2021	No communication and physical distancing focus
Stratil 2020	No communication focus
Sullivan 2020	Primarily clinical management/pathway; no communication focus
Tabari 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview; no communication focus; no intersection between communication and physical distancing
Tam 2020	Primarily clinical management/pathway; no communication focus
Tam 2021	Primarily clinical management/pathway; no communication focus
Taylor 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview; lack of communication focus
TC 2020	No communication focus
Tegegne 2021	Health system (not community)
Ting 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus
Tonin 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus; non‐systematic review/overview
Tsao 2021	Lack of communication and physical distancing focus
Turner 2021	No communication focus; health system (not community)
UK HSA	No communication focus
Ul Haq 2021	No physical distancing focus
Vaezi 2020	Not systematic review/overview
Viero 2021	No communication focus
Wake 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview; no interaction between communication and physical distancing
Wallace 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview; no communication and physical distancing focus
Wang 2020	Non‐systematic review/overview
WHO 2020d	No communication and physical distancing focus
WHO 2020e	No communication focus
WHO 2020f	No communication focus
WHO 2020g	No communication and physical distancing focus
WHO 2020h	No communication and physical distancing focus
WHO 2020i	No communication and physical distancing focus
WHO 2020j	No communication and physical distancing focus
WHO 2020k	No physical distancing focus
WHO 2020l	No intersection between communication and physical distancing
WHO 2020m	No communication and physical distancing focus
WHO 2020n	No intersection between communication and physical distancing
WHO 2020o	No communication and physical distancing focus
WHO 2020p	No communication focus
WHO 2020q	Communication not a focus
WHO 2021c	No communication focus
WHO 2021d	No communication and physical distancing focus; health system (not community)
Wilkinson 2020	No communication and physical distancing focus
Yazew 2021	No interaction between communication and physical distancing
Yu 2020	Primarily clinical management/pathway
Yuan 2021	No communication and physical distancing focus
Yue 2020	No intersection between communication and physical distancing
Zhang 2021	No communication and physical distancing focus