Abstract
Official publication of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka and was established in 1995. Full text articles available.Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka (JCCPSL) has been recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations. The journal is indexed in DOAJ.Manuscripts are only accepted online through the portal of the JCCPSL https://jccpsl.sljol.info/ . The prospective authors must read carefully the section on Author Guidelines and prepare their manuscript accordingly. To submit a manuscript or to check the status of a submission the authors must first be registered in the JCCPSL Editorial Management System using an existing or newly created username and password. Next, choose the ‘Start Submission’ link and follow the five-step article submission process which is a simple and self-guided process.
Highlights
During COVID-19 crisis, restricting the mobility of individuals was done through school, pre-school and university closure, work from home and imposing of curfew in Sri Lanka
Google Community Mobility Report (GCMR) is a versatile tool in monitoring community mobility in Sri Lanka
We identified public health interventions with dates which could affect community mobility by reviewing the Situation Update of the Director General of Health Services on COVID-19 [17]
Summary
During COVID-19 crisis, restricting the mobility of individuals was done through school, pre-school and university closure, work from home and imposing of curfew in Sri Lanka. Mobility of people is a proxy of social distancing interventions. This study showed that when mobility dropped by 35-63% from the normal, COVID-19 transmission is unlikely to be seen for 912 days, and possibly even up to 3 weeks [8]. In order to prevent the spread of the virus from person to person, people have been advised to stay at home as much as possible reducing the risk of exposure which could occur during commuting, shopping, schooling and working [2]. Different non-pharmaceutical public health interventions such as stay-at home orders, curfews and lockdowns have been used to reduce mobility by different countries [9]. Mobility data are important proxy measures of social distancing [7]. Monitoring the compliance of the public to the recommended measures was a challenge
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