Spatial variability in reproduction number and doubling time across two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, February to July, 2020

• Published in: International journal of infectious diseases Vol. 102; pp. 1 - 9
• Main Authors: Shim, Eunha, Tariq, Amna, Chowell, Gerardo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2021; The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases; Elsevier
• Subjects: Age Factors; Basic Reproduction Number; Communicable Disease Control; Coronavirus; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 - transmission; Female; Humans; Models, Biological; Pandemics - prevention & control; Reproduction number; Republic of Korea; Republic of Korea - epidemiology; SARS-CoV-2 - physiology; Seoul; Seoul - epidemiology; Social distancing; Time Factors; Seoul; Republic of Korea; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Seoul; Social distancing; Reproduction number; Republic of Korea

•South Korea has experienced two spatially heterogeneous waves of COVID-19.•Seoul and Gyeonggi Province experienced two waves of COVID-19 — in March and June 2020.•In densely populated Seoul and nearby areas, reproduction numbers exceeded 3.0.•The easing of social distancing measures resulted in the...