Abstract: BackgroundTo control the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan, sports and entertainment events were canceled and schools were closed throughout Japan from February 26 through March 19. That policy has been designated as voluntary event cancellation and school closure (VECSC).ObjectThis study assesses VECSC effectiveness based on predicted outcomes.MethodsA simple susceptible–infected–recovered model was applied to data of patients with symptoms in Japan during January 14 through March 26. The respective reproduction numbers for periods before VECSC (...
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Topics: 
Demography
Veterinary medicine