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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021;27(5):1543-1545.
doi: 10.3201/eid2705.204944.
Undocumented Migrants Reintroducing COVID-19, Yunnan Province, China
Meiling Zhang, Jienan Zhou, Senquan Jia, Xiaonan Zhao, Yaoyao Chen, Yanhong Sun, Zhaosheng Liu, Xiaofang Zhou, Duo Li, Chunrui Luo, Yong Zhang, Violet Magoma Onsongo, Yong Shao, Xiaoqing Fu
Abstract
To limit the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the government of China has been monitoring infected travelers and minimizing cold-chain contamination. However, other factors might contribute to recurring outbreaks. We analyze the role of undocumented migrants as potential transmitters of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in China.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; China; SARS-CoV-2; Yunnan Province; borders; coronavirus disease; coronaviruses; migrants; migration; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021;27(5):1543-1545.
doi: 10.3201/eid2705.204944.
Undocumented Migrants Reintroducing COVID-19, Yunnan Province, China
Meiling Zhang, Jienan Zhou, Senquan Jia, Xiaonan Zhao, Yaoyao Chen, Yanhong Sun, Zhaosheng Liu, Xiaofang Zhou, Duo Li, Chunrui Luo, Yong Zhang, Violet Magoma Onsongo, Yong Shao, Xiaoqing Fu
- PMID: 33900185
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2705.204944
Abstract
To limit the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the government of China has been monitoring infected travelers and minimizing cold-chain contamination. However, other factors might contribute to recurring outbreaks. We analyze the role of undocumented migrants as potential transmitters of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in China.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; China; SARS-CoV-2; Yunnan Province; borders; coronavirus disease; coronaviruses; migrants; migration; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.