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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Travel Med. 2020 Mar 17. pii: taaa036. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa036. [Epub ahead of print]
Correlation between travellers departing from Wuhan before the Spring Festival and subsequent spread of COVID-19 to all provinces in China.
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Abstract
We found a strong correlation between travel volumes departing from Wuhan, Hubei Province before the Spring Festival and the extent of amplification of the outbreak of COVID-19 in China in 2020, with 100 top cities. Almost 70% of exportations were within cities in Hubei province.
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KEYWORDS:
2019-nCov; Containment; Coronavirus; Migration; Public health emergency of international concern; Quarantine; Trave
PMID:32181483DOI:10.1093/jtm/taaa036
Correlation between travellers departing from Wuhan before the Spring Festival and subsequent spread of COVID-19 to all provinces in China.
Author information
Abstract
We found a strong correlation between travel volumes departing from Wuhan, Hubei Province before the Spring Festival and the extent of amplification of the outbreak of COVID-19 in China in 2020, with 100 top cities. Almost 70% of exportations were within cities in Hubei province.
? International Society of Travel Medicine 2020. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
KEYWORDS:
2019-nCov; Containment; Coronavirus; Migration; Public health emergency of international concern; Quarantine; Trave
PMID:32181483DOI:10.1093/jtm/taaa036