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cord-300583-0krbrj4w	Koh, Wee Chian	Estimating the impact of physical distancing measures in containing COVID-19: an empirical analysis	2020-08-13		.txt	text/plain	3743	207	52	METHODS: We identified three distinct physical distancing measures with varying intensity and implemented at different times—international travel controls, restrictions on mass gatherings, and lockdown-type measures—based on the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker. INTERPRETATION: A combination of physical distancing measures, if implemented early, can be effective in containing COVID-19—tight border controls to limit importation of cases, encouraging physical distancing, moderately stringent measures such as working from home, and a full lockdown in the case of a probable uncontrolled outbreak. is the average reproduction number of country over the 14 days following the date of the 100 th case; is country 's physical distancing measure of type on the date of the 100 th case; represents the country characteristic (income level, population density, age structure, and temperature) of country ; is a constant term, 's are the regression coefficients, and denotes the error term.	./cache/cord-300583-0krbrj4w.txt	./txt/cord-300583-0krbrj4w.txt