Compliance with Coronavirus Measures
Why it is important for as many people as possible to reduce their contacts
Jülich, 9 February 2021 – One year after the COVID-19 pandemic began, Germany is once again in lockdown and no-one knows for how long. Calculations by Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) show why it is so important for as many people as possible to limit their contacts. It will only be possible to significantly reduce the number of infections within a few weeks if the overwhelming majority of the population actually adheres to the contact restrictions. In the calculated scenarios, this only succeeds when the contact restrictions are comparatively strict, and even then only if a large majority of the population adheres to those contact restrictions.