FILE PHOTO: An employee is seen inside a booth during rush hour at a bus terminal during a quarantine throughout the country, as the government undertakes steadily stricter measures to prevent a possible spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in San Salvador, El Salvador March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - Clear and consistent messaging about lockdown measures, why they are needed, and about the practicalities of social distancing such as food and finances, are crucial to their potential for slowing outbreaks of disease, researchers said on Tuesday.
With hundreds of cities worldwide already using isolation and quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the new coronavirus - and more likely to follow - a study of previous disease outbreaks found that quarantine adherence rates range from 0% to more than 92%, and that clarity is key.
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