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. 2020 May 30:taaa091. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa091
Lockdown to contain COVID-19 is a window of opportunity to prevent the second wave
Annelies Wilder-Smith
1,2,✉, Yaneer Bar-Yam
1,2, Dale Fisher
1,2
Annelies Wilder-Smith, MD
1
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany
2
New England Complex Systems Institute, School of Engineering, New York University, National University of Singapore
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Yaneer Bar-Yam, PhD
1
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany
2
New England Complex Systems Institute, School of Engineering, New York University, National University of Singapore
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Dale Fisher, MD
1
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany
2
New England Complex Systems Institute, School of Engineering, New York University, National University of Singapore
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1
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany
2
New England Complex Systems Institute, School of Engineering, New York University, National University of Singapore
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To whom correspondence should be addressed. Professor Annelies Wilder-Smith, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Annelies.wilder-smith@lshtm.ac.uk
Keywords: travel restrictions, quarantine, mobility, isolation, SARS-CoV-2, non-pharmaceutical intervention, contact tracing
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