TY - JOUR AU - Ryu, Sukhyun AU - Ali, Seikh Taslim AU - Jang, Cheolsun AU - Kim, Baekjin AU - Cowling, Benjamin T1 - Effect of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions on Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, South Korea, 2020 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 10 SP - 2406 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We analyzed transmission of coronavirus disease outside of the Daegu-Gyeongsangbuk provincial region in South Korea. We estimated that nonpharmaceutical measures reduced transmissibility by a maximum of 34% without resorting to a strict lockdown strategy. To optimize epidemic control, continuous efforts to monitor the transmissibility are needed. KW - 2019 novel coronavirus disease KW - coronavirus disease KW - COVID-19 KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - zoonoses KW - transmissibility KW - South Korea KW - public health measures DO - 10.3201/eid2610.201886 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/10/20-1886_article ER - End of Reference