France steps up fight against 3rd wave of infections
But are night curfews even effective?
Reproduction rate falls
According to a study by researchers, mostly from British universities, a nighttime curfew could have a positive effect on the reproductive number of COVID-19. This so-called R number indicates how many people an infected person infects on average.
According to the study, nighttime curfews can lower this value by 13%. The authors point out, however, that this has to be seen as part of a wider set of measures such as the closure of restaurants and restrictions on private meetings.
So far, the study has only been published as a preprint, so it has not yet been peer-reviewed.