Study on the effects of the restrictive measures for containment of the COVID-19 pandemic on the reproduction number Rt in Italian regions

• Published in: European physical journal plus Vol. 136; no. 12; p. 1208
• Main Authors: Bonifazi, Gianluca, Lista, Luca, Menasce, Dario, Mezzetto, Mauro, Pedrini, Daniele, Spighi, Roberto, Zoccoli, Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Algorithms; Applied and Technical Physics; Atomic; Complex Systems; Condensed Matter Physics; COVID-19; Mathematical and Computational Physics; Molecular; Optical and Plasma Physics; Pandemics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Regular Article; Theoretical; Time lag

Since November 6th, 2020, Italian regions have been classified according to four levels, corresponding to specific risk scenarios, for which specific restrictive measures have been foreseen. By analyzing the time evolution of the reproduction number R t , we estimate how much different restrictive m...