Social distancing reduces COVID-19 infection rates up to 45 pct in Europe: study

COPENHAGEN, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- A new study revealed that social distancing during the six weeks of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced infection rates by up to 45 percent in Europe, according to a press release from the University of Southern Denmark on Thursday.

"In these smartphone times, we have access to so much data that we can monitor pandemics in a completely new and more accurate way," said Francesco Sannino, professor of theoretical physics at the University of Southern Denmark.