Mathematical models suggest that the spread of the disease can prolong the time of school closings. However, the effectiveness or not depends on the children’s exposure outside of school. Usually, the whole family is on vacation, and it can last. These factors can lead to economic and social disruption.
Modeling and simulation studies based on US data show that if 10% of affected workplaces are closed, the overall infection rate is about 11.9% and the disease peak time will be delayed. Conversely, if 33% of workplaces were to close, infectiousness fell to 4.9%, and the epidemic peak would be delayed by a week. The closure of the workplace includes the closure of “non-essential” services and businesses (“non-essential” here means key non-functional facilities in the community, the opposite of the service). essentials, as well as necessities).
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