COVID-19 effective reproduction number dropped during Spain's nationwide dropdown, then spiked at lower-incidence regions.

Sci Total Environ · 2021 · PMC7480327 · PMID 33181975

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In all regions, the lockdown resulted in a swift (and highly significant) decrease in Rt until reaching values <1 (indicating the switch from the spread to the control phases of infection dynamics) and stabilizing there.

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