Efficient social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: integrating economic and public health considerations

• Main Authors: Chen, Kexin, Pun, Chi Seng, Wong, Hoi Ying
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Mathematics; Google Mobility Indices; Economic Modeling
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162666
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Although social distancing can effectively contain the spread of infectious diseases by reducing social interactions, it may have economic effects. Crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic create dilemmas for policymakers because the long-term implementation of restrictive social distancing policies may...