Nature Communications (Feb 2021)
Reduction in mobility and COVID-19 transmission
- Pierre Nouvellet,
- Sangeeta Bhatia,
- Anne Cori,
- Kylie E. C. Ainslie,
- Marc Baguelin,
- Samir Bhatt,
- Adhiratha Boonyasiri,
- Nicholas F. Brazeau,
- Lorenzo Cattarino,
- Laura V. Cooper,
- Helen Coupland,
- Zulma M. Cucunuba,
- Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg,
- Amy Dighe,
- Bimandra A. Djaafara,
- Ilaria Dorigatti,
- Oliver D. Eales,
- Sabine L. van Elsland,
- Fabricia F. Nascimento,
- Richard G. FitzJohn,
- Katy A. M. Gaythorpe,
- Lily Geidelberg,
- William D. Green,
- Arran Hamlet,
- Katharina Hauck,
- Wes Hinsley,
- Natsuko Imai,
- Benjamin Jeffrey,
- Edward Knock,
- Daniel J. Laydon,
- John A. Lees,
- Tara Mangal,
- Thomas A. Mellan,
- Gemma Nedjati-Gilani,
- Kris V. Parag,
- Margarita Pons-Salort,
- Manon Ragonnet-Cronin,
- Steven Riley,
- H. Juliette T. Unwin,
- Robert Verity,
- Michaela A. C. Vollmer,
- Erik Volz,
- Patrick G. T. Walker,
- Caroline E. Walters,
- Haowei Wang,
- Oliver J. Watson,
- Charles Whittaker,
- Lilith K. Whittles,
- Xiaoyue Xi,
- Neil M. Ferguson,
- Christl A. Donnelly
Affiliations
- Pierre Nouvellet
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Sangeeta Bhatia
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Anne Cori
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Kylie E. C. Ainslie
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Marc Baguelin
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Samir Bhatt
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Adhiratha Boonyasiri
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Nicholas F. Brazeau
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Lorenzo Cattarino
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Laura V. Cooper
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Helen Coupland
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Zulma M. Cucunuba
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Amy Dighe
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Bimandra A. Djaafara
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Ilaria Dorigatti
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Oliver D. Eales
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Sabine L. van Elsland
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Fabricia F. Nascimento
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Richard G. FitzJohn
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Katy A. M. Gaythorpe
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Lily Geidelberg
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- William D. Green
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Arran Hamlet
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Katharina Hauck
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Wes Hinsley
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Natsuko Imai
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Benjamin Jeffrey
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Edward Knock
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Daniel J. Laydon
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- John A. Lees
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Tara Mangal
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Thomas A. Mellan
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Gemma Nedjati-Gilani
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Kris V. Parag
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Margarita Pons-Salort
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Manon Ragonnet-Cronin
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Steven Riley
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- H. Juliette T. Unwin
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Robert Verity
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Michaela A. C. Vollmer
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Erik Volz
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Patrick G. T. Walker
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Caroline E. Walters
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Haowei Wang
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Oliver J. Watson
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Charles Whittaker
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Lilith K. Whittles
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Xiaoyue Xi
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Neil M. Ferguson
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- Christl A. Donnelly
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, J-IDEA, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21358-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Social distancing policies aiming to reduce COVID-19 transmission have been reflected in reductions in human mobility. Here, the authors show that reduced mobility is correlated with decreased transmission, but that this relationship weakened over time as social distancing measures were relaxed.
