Role of social distancing in tackling COVID-19 during the first wave of pandemic in Nordic region: Evidence from daily deaths, infections and needed hospital resources

• Published in: International Journal of Nursing Sciences
• Main Author: Arshia Amiri
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: COVID-19; Intensive care units; Health resources; Hospitalization; Mortality; Nursing staff; Nursing; RT1-120; Norway; Ihme; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnss.2021.03.010; https://doaj.org/article/92e196e6093441698fee9694ca56c31d

Objectives: To measure the effect of social distancing on reducing daily deaths, infections and hospital resources needed for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients during the first wave of the pandemic in Nordic countries. Methods: The observations of social distancing, daily deaths, infectio...