Tokyo’s Voluntary Standstill May Have Stopped COVID-19 in its Tracks

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Research shows that Japan's noncompulsory state of emergency generally succeeded in reducing human movement. A study from The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science used mobile phone location data for January-April 2020 to record and plot movement of people in metro Tokyo during the emergence and first wave of COVID-19. They found a movement reduction of over 50%, which in turn limited social contact and slowed infection spread.

2020.10.29

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Tokyo’s Voluntary Standstill May Have Stopped COVID-19 in its Tracks

Study from The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science uses mobile phone location data to show Japan’s noncompulsory lockdown during first wave of COVID-19 effectively reduced Tokyo’s human movement, social contact, and infection spread

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