The spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the COVID-19 pandemic was intricately linked
with contact between people, but many of the policies designed to encourage safe contact …

Background Many public health experts have claimed that elimination strategies of
pandemic response allow 'normal social life'to resume. Recognizing that social connections …

The present study investigated the influence of parent and child-driven effects on body
image dissatisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. The moderating effect of parents' …

The debate around vaccine prioritization for COVID-19 has revolved around balancing the
benefits from:(1) the direct protection conferred by the vaccine amongst those at highest risk …

Introduction: There are few sources of empirical social contact data from resource-poor
settings thus limiting the development of contextual mathematical models of disease …

Background Vaccination is a key tool against COVID-19. However, in many settings it is not
clear how acceptable COVID-19 vaccination is among the general population, or how …

SARS-CoV-2 rapidly spreads among humans via social networks, with social mixing and
network characteristics potentially facilitating transmission. However, limited data on …

Objectives To investigate how successfully SARS-CoV-2 elimination strategies fulfil their
promise of allowing a return to a 'normal'social life, and to identify obstacles and challenges …

Effective control and prevention of infectious dis-eases often require detailed social network
data categorized by individual movements and contact structures. Social network data is …

Background: COVID-19 is an acute respiratory infection caused by the Coronavirus, known
as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). The emergence of …