Population Movement, City Closure in Wuhan, and Geographical Expansion of the COVID-19 Infection in China in January 2020

Kun Liu, Siqi Ai, Shuxuan Song, Guanghu Zhu, Fei Tian, Huan Li, Yuan Gao, Yinglin Wu, Shiyu Zhang, Zhongjun Shao,

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2020 · 89 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

Our findings suggest that population movement might be one important trigger for the transmission of COVID-19 infection in China, and the policy of city closure is effective in controlling the epidemic.

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