Epidemic size, trend and spatiotemporal mapping of SARS-CoV-2 using geographical information system in Alborz Province, Iran.

Kourosh KabirAli TaheriniaDavoud AshourlooAhmad KhosraviHossien KarimHamid Salehi ShahrabiMojtaba Hedayat YaghoobiAlireza SoleimaniZaynab SiamiMohammad NoorisepehrRamin TajbakhshMohammad Reza MaghsoudiMehran LakParham MardiBehnaz NouriMohammad MohammadzadehMehdi AzimzadehMahmood Bakhtiyari

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)

The R0 of COVID-19 in Alborz province was substantially high at the beginning of the epidemic, but with preventive measures and public education and GIS based monitoring of the cases,it has been reduced to 1.19 within two months. This reduction highpoints the attainment of preventive measures in place, however we must be ready for any second epidemic waves during the next months.

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