2020 / 04

DOI: 10.47183/mes.2020.025

REVIEW

Dynamics and logic of COVID-19 containment measures

Raskina YuV1, Novkunskaya AA1, Barchuk AA1,2
About authors

1 European University at Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia

2 Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Anton A. Barchuk
Gagarinskaya, 6/1, Saint Petersburg, 191187; ur.bps.ue@kuhcraba

About paper

Author contribution: Barchuk AA, Raskina YuV conceived the article; Raskina YuV, Novkunskaya AA wrote the manuscript; Raskina YuV prepared figures and tables. All authors contributed equally to the final version of the manuscript.

Received: 2020-12-07 Accepted: 2020-12-13 Published online: 2020-12-19
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