The use of nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPI) by governments to help curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic before effective vaccines became globally available have been important measures. These measures are highly sensitive to compliance. (1) To effectively manage pandemics, policy makers need to know the degree of compliance of containment measures and whether such measures are effective in containing the pandemic. Unlike NPI measures, such as facial masking and social distancing, the measures imposed, like restricting mobility and closing nonessential factories, led directly to a reduction in air pollutant emissions (Supporting Information Table S1). Such changes can be used as an early global indicator of the compliance of mandatory lockdown measures. (2,3)
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