COVID-19 in China: Risk Factors and R₀ Revisited.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 epidemic spread rapidly through China and subsequently proliferated globally leading to a pandemic situation around the globe. Human-to-human transmission, as well as asymptomatic transmission of the infection, have been confirmed. As of April 03, 2020, public health crisis in China due to COVID-19 was potentially under control. We compiled a daily dataset of case counts, mortality, recovery, temperature, population density, and demographic information for each prefecture during the period of January 11 to April 07, 2020. Understanding the characteristics of spatial clustering of the COVID-19 epidemic and R₀ is critical in effectively preventing and controlling the ongoing global pandemic. Considering this, the prefectures were grouped based on several relevant feat

SUBMITTER: Khan IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7581355 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature