Social distancing

General reduction of contacts

In this section, the degree and duration of contact reduction is determined for the general population.



Contact reduction by [%] determines by what degree individuals in the population reduce their contacts ( i.e. it gives a factor with which the entries of the usually used contact matrix are multiplied).
Range of days specifies the range of days during which contact reduction measures are performed.

Cross-references

This intervention changes the entries in the contact matrix and reduces the effective reproduction number.
Additionally to this, contacts can be reduced by closing of day care centers and schools (which mainly affects contacts among children), by cancelling of mass gathering events (which only affects contacts among adults) and by partial isolation of cases.

Literature

Contact reduction by [%], Range of days:
These values can be chosen freely.


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