ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
The Impact of Mobility Restriction Strategies in the Control of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Modelling the Relation between COVID-19 Health and Community Mobility Data.
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- One Health, Many Gaps: Rethinking Epidemic Intelligence in Resource-Limited Settings to Prepare for the Global Threat of Disease X.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Assessing the Impact of Haulage Drivers in Uganda's COVID-19 Delta Wave.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2025Article
- Road networks and socio-demographic factors to explore COVID-19 infection during its different waves.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The impact of public transportation on the transmission of COVID-19 in Rwanda.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Transmission dynamics, responses, and clinical features for the first 1100 COVID-19 cases in South Batinah, Oman: Major lessons from a provincial perspective.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2023Article
- The utilization of HCWs surveillance as an early warning of COVID-19 epidemic activity in the community.The Journal of infection · 2022Article
- Challenges and Opportunities for Public Health Service in Oman From the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning Lessons for a Better Future.Frontiers in public health · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundNon-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), particularly mobility restrictions, are mainstay measures for the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. We evaluated the effects of Oman's mobility restriction strategies to highlight their efficacy in controlling the pandemic.
methodsAccessible national data of daily admissions and deaths were collected from 1 April 2020 to 22 May 2021. Google Community Mobility Report (CMR) data were downloaded for the same period. Among six CMR categories, three were used and reduced to one index-the community mobility index (CMI). We used a generalised linear model with a negative binomial distribution combined with a non-linear distributed lag model to investigate the short-term effects of CMI on the number of admitted PCR-confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths, controlling for public holidays, day of the week, and Eid/Ramadan days.
resultsWe demonstrated the feasibility of using CMRs in the evaluation and monitoring of different NPIs, particularly those related to movement restriction. The best movement restriction strategy was a curfew from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. (level 3 of CMI = 8), which had a total reduction of 35% (95% confidence interval (CI); 25-44%) in new COVID-19 admissions in the following two weeks, and a fatality reduction in the following four weeks by 52% (95% CI; 11-75%).
conclusionEvening lockdown significantly affected the course of the pandemic in Oman which lines up with similar studies throughout the world.
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