The Impact of the Social Distancing Policy on COVID-19 Incidence Cases and Deaths in Iran from February 2020 to January 2021: Insights from an Interrupted Time Series Analysis.
Mandana Saki, Mahboubeh Khaton Ghanbari, Meysam Behzadifar, Mohammad Hasan Imani-Nasab, Masoud Behzadifar, Samad Azari, Ahad Bakhtiari, Jianhong Wu, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi
Abstract
: The growth rate of confirmed incidence cases and deaths from COVID-19 in Iran has decreased from March 27, 2020 to January 29, 2021, after the implementation of social distancing. By implementing this policy in all countries, the burden of COVID-19 may be mitigated.
Topics & Concepts
Social distanceIncidence (geometry)Interrupted Time Series AnalysisMedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)OutbreakGovernment (linguistics)DemographyPublic healthDistancingInternal medicineVirologySociologyDiseaseStatisticsNursingMathematicsPhilosophyLinguisticsPhysicsInfectious disease (medical specialty)OpticsCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsCOVID-19 and Mental Health