Combined vaccination and physical distancing enough to prevent future COVID-19 surges

A combination of robust vaccination programmes and strict physical distancing rules could avoid recurring peaks of COVID-19 without the need to rely on stay-at-home restrictions, according to a new study by epidemiologists and demographers from WorldPop at the University of Southampton, in collaboration with The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Fig. 1: Change in total social contacts index (TSCI) in Wuhan in China.

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