Early social distancing policies in Europe, changes in mobility & COVID-19 case trajectories: Insights from Spring 2020.
Liana R WoskieJonathan HennessyValeria EspinosaThomas C TsaiSwapnil VisputeBenjamin H JacobsonCiro CattutoLaetitia GauvinMichele TizzoniAlex FabrikantKrishna GadepalliAdam BoulangerAdam PearceChaitanya KamathArran SchlosbergCharlotte StantonShailesh BavadekarMatthew AbuegMichael HogueAndrew OplingerKatherine ChouGreg CorradoTomer ShekelAshish K JhaGregory A WelleniusEvgeniy GabrilovichPublished in: PloS one (2021)
This comprehensive evaluation across Europe suggests that mandatory stay-at-home orders and workplace closures had the largest impacts on population mobility and subsequent COVID-19 cases at the onset of the pandemic. With a better understanding of policies' relative performance, countries can more effectively invest in, and target, early nonpharmacological interventions.