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01-04-2020 | Public Health | Editorial

The COVID-19 pandemic calls for spatial distancing and social closeness: not for social distancing!

Authors: Thomas Abel, David McQueen

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 3/2020

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To reduce transmission of COVID-19, people in public should stay 2 m away from each other. This is considered a safe distance by public health authorities who promote further measures that include curfews and lockdowns to separate people. In these ways, the incidence of “social distancing” is keeping pace with the spread of COVID-19. …

Title: The COVID-19 pandemic calls for spatial distancing and social closeness: not for social distancing!
Authors: Thomas Abel
David McQueen
Publication date: 01-04-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Public Health
COVID-19
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 3/2020
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-020-01366-7

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