Impacts of relaxed mask policies on COVID-19 epidemics: a modeling study in South Korea.

BMC Infect Dis · 2026 · PMC13255332 · PMID 42035001

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This decision was based on the assessment that, during this early stage, the local transmission of the virus was not as significant as in subsequent months.

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