Curfew: Effective or not?
Is the implementation of curfew during the pandemic effective to minimize the virus spread. As we are currently experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic for more than a year now, there are various health protocols that are implemented which includes the curfew. Most people may have thought “Why do we need curfew?” “Is the virus only around during the night?” and other questions that are doubting the effectiveness of curfew. Does the implementation of curfew hours help in minimizing the virus spread these days? To begin with, as stated in Oxford Dictionary, curfew is a regulation that requires people to remain inside their residence during a certain period of time which us usually at night. According to an article written by N. Schimelpfening (2020), curfew can help stop the spread of COVID-19. Since people are required to inside their homes during a certain timeframe in a day, we can reduce the number of contacts with people outside our households that are possibly infected by the virus...