Human mobility and poverty as key drivers of COVID-19 transmission and control.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Applying heavy nationwide restrictions is a powerful method to curtail COVID-19 transmission but poses a significant humanitarian and economic crisis. Thus, it is essential to improve our understanding of COVID-19 transmission, and develop more focused and effective strategies. As human mobility drives transmission, data from cellphone devices can be utilized to achieve these goals.

Methods

We analyzed aggregated and anonymized mobility data from the cell phone devices of> 3 million users between February 1, 2020, to May 16, 2020 - in which several movement restrictions were applied and lifted in Israel. We integrated these mobility patterns into age-, risk- and region-structured transmission model. Calibrated to coronavirus incidence in 250 regions covering Israe

SUBMITTER: Yechezkel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7993906 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature