What’s the way out? Potential exit strategies from the COVID-19 lockdown
Aziz Sheikh, Asiyah Sheikh, Zakariya Sheikh, Sangeeta Dhami, Devi Sridhar
Abstract
With over 4.5 billion people under some form of lockdown, concern is mounting about the economic, social and adverse health effects resulting from these restrictions, including disruption in non-COVID-19 related health care and an increasing number of families being thrown into poverty. Policymakers need to balance the clear benefits of lockdown measures in containing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 against growing concerns about their negative effects
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