Capturing the spatiotemporal spread of COVID-19 in 30 European countries during 2020 - 2022.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While the COVID-19 pandemic has been burdensome globally, it has fostered extensive data collection at various spatiotemporal resolutions. These data heightened researchers' interest in investigating multiple facets of the pandemic. In Europe, key factors shaping disease transmission vary among countries, leading to a gap in understanding how the epidemic evolved and spread across countries as a whole. We endeavor to understand the similarities and differences in the spatiotemporal spread of the COVID-19 pandemic across 27 European Union (EU) countries and 3 European Economic Area (EEA) countries between March 2020 and December 2022.

Method

We utilized a multivariate endemic-epidemic model to conduct a space-time analysis across 30 countries, using weekly aggregat

SUBMITTER: Nguyen THT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12539104 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature