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Novel Coronavirus in Cape Town Informal Settlements: Feasibility of Using Informal Dwelling Outlines to Identify High Risk Areas for COVID-19 Transmission From A Social Distancing Perspective
Novel Coronavirus in Cape Town Informal Settlements: Feasibility of using informal dwelling outlines to identify high risk areas for COVID-19 transmission from social distancing perspective.
Lesley Gibson;
David Rush
ABSTRACT
Due to the density of informal settlements, effectively implementing social distancing may be a challenge in informal settlements. This short communication uses dwelling outlines for informal settlements in the City of Cape Town to demonstrate that using a 2 m measure, effective social distancing will be challenging.
Citation
Please cite as:
Gibson L, Rush D
Novel Coronavirus in Cape Town Informal Settlements: Feasibility of Using Informal Dwelling Outlines to Identify High Risk Areas for COVID-19 Transmission From A Social Distancing Perspective