The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China.

ABSTRACT: The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak has expanded rapidly throughout China. Major behavioral, clinical, and state interventions are underway currently to mitigate the epidemic and prevent the persistence of the virus in human populations in China and worldwide. It remains unclear how these unprecedented interventions, including travel restrictions, have affected COVID-19 spread in China. We use real-time mobility data from Wuhan and detailed case data including travel history to elucidate the role of case importation on transmission in cities across China and ascertain the impact of control measures. Early on, the spatial distribution of COVID-19 cases in China was well explained by human mobility data. Following the implementation of control measures, this correlation dropped and growth rates be

SUBMITTER: Kraemer MUG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7239080 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature