Measuring time-varying effective reproduction numbers for COVID-19 and their relationship with movement control order in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Musa, Kamarul Imran, Arifin, Wan Nor, Mohd, Mohd Hafiz, Jamiluddin, Mohammad Subhi, Ahmad, Noor Atinah, Chen, Xin Wee, Hanis, Tengku Muhammad, Bulgiba, Awang
• Format: Article
• Published: MDPI 2021
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/34042/

To curb the spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) in Malaysia, the government imposed a nationwide movement control order (MCO) from 18 March 2020 to 3 May 2020. It was enforced in four phases (i.e., MCO 1, MCO 2, MCO 3 and MCO 4). In this paper, we propose an initiative to assess the impact of MCO...