These differences can be explained in particular by the locations where the virus first arrived in Europe, and by the travel restrictions that were enforced to prevent the spread of the virus over space. It is quite likely that spatial differences would still be visible in 2021, due in ...
health care system, in large part due to policy restrictions. This commentary extends previous research to theorize that the COVID-19-related disrupted health care system and the heightened visibility of community midwives may create a “focusing event,” or policy window, which may enable midwives...
From the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic until fall 2022, China maintained a strict ‘zero-COVID’ set of policies that implemented strong non-pharmaceutical interventions such as city-wide lock-downs, travel and movement restrictions, contact tracing of direct and secondary contacts, and com...
They are now hastily turning the page when the pandemic is nowhere near the end. "One of the problems we have in the UK, of course, is all restrictions have been removed and people are assuming, as a consequence, that we're out of the pandemic, and there's been some very mixed ...
3-7 With mass vaccination campaigns occurring worldwide, the hope is that the resulting immunity in the population will not only prevent critical illness and death but also alleviate societal restrictions that are in place to reduce transmission, and thus aid in ending the pandemic. In Sweden, ...
“Now is not a good time to enter China,” a member of staff told me, just before I crossed the point of no return. “It is easier to climb up to heaven than it is to leave the country”, it was sometimes said of the restrictions that governed pre-1990s communist China. Today, ...
Furthermore, it is well known that the emerging pandemic has disrupted profoundly the age structure of social contacts in human populations worldwide through a combination of mobility restrictions, lockdowns, social distancing, and adaptive conducts driven by self-perceived risk, often associated with...
In addition, measures and actions in schools, health- and elderly care, such as masking or testing, could have been recommended or mandated without any legal restrictions. There could also have been more measures to simplify and increase distance-work, limit the spread of infections by mandating...
The pandemic of 1918 involved many cities implementing simple interventions to limit the propagation of the disease. In particular, restrictions were placed on many community gatherings where human-to-human transmission might occur [146]. As a consequence, schools, theatres, universities and dances hav...
Compared with the lockdown period, most participants agreed that they have the same level of physical activity as before (29.9%), but with some space and/or restrictions. Others reported a higher level of physical activity than before (24.9%). In addition, other respondents said that their ...