Do not violate the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 outbreak

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30373-1

. 2020 Feb 29;395(10225):664-666.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30373-1. Epub 2020 Feb 13.

Do not violate the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 outbreak

Roojin Habibi¹, Gian Luca Burci², Thana C de Campos³, Danwood Chirwa⁴, Margherita Cinà¹, Stéphanie Dagron⁵, Mark Eccleston-Turner⁶, Lisa Forman⁷, Lawrence O Gostin⁸, Benjamin Mason Meier⁹, Stefania Negri¹⁰, Gorik Ooms¹¹, Sharifah Sekalala¹², Allyn Taylor¹³, Alicia Ely Yamin¹⁴, Steven J Hoffman¹⁵

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¹ Global Strategy Lab, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada.
² Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
⁴ University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵ University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁶ Keele University, Keele, UK.
⁷ University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁸ O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, USA.
⁹ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
¹⁰ University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy.
¹¹ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
¹² Warwick University, Coventry, UK.
¹³ University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹⁴ Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
¹⁵ Global Strategy Lab, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada. Electronic address: steven.hoffman@globalstrategylab.org.

PMID: 32061311
PMCID: PMC7133591
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30373-1

Do not violate the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 outbreak

Roojin Habibi et al. Lancet. 2020.

. 2020 Feb 29;395(10225):664-666.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30373-1. Epub 2020 Feb 13.

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¹ Global Strategy Lab, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada.
² Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
⁴ University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵ University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁶ Keele University, Keele, UK.
⁷ University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁸ O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, USA.
⁹ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
¹⁰ University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy.
¹¹ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
¹² Warwick University, Coventry, UK.
¹³ University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹⁴ Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
¹⁵ Global Strategy Lab, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada. Electronic address: steven.hoffman@globalstrategylab.org.

PMID: 32061311
PMCID: PMC7133591
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30373-1

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[1] WHO . International Health Regulations, WHA 58.3, 2nd edn. World Health Organization; Geneva: 2005.

[2] WHO . International Health Regulations, WHA 58.3, 2nd edn. World Health Organization; Geneva: 2005.

[3] Tejpar A, Hoffman SJ. Canada's violation of international law during the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak. Can Yearb Int Law. 2017;54:366–383.

[4] Tejpar A, Hoffman SJ. Canada's violation of international law during the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak. Can Yearb Int Law. 2017;54:366–383.

[5] Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, May 23 1969, 1155 UNTS 331 (entered into force January 27, 1980).

[6] Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, May 23 1969, 1155 UNTS 331 (entered into force January 27, 1980).

[7] Brownstein JS, Wolfe CJ, Mandl KD. Empirical evidence for the effect of airline travel on inter-regional influenza spread in the United States. PLoS Med. 2006;3:e401. - PMC - PubMed

[8] Brownstein JS, Wolfe CJ, Mandl KD. Empirical evidence for the effect of airline travel on inter-regional influenza spread in the United States. PLoS Med. 2006;3:e401. - PMC - PubMed

[9] Mateus ALP, Otete HE, Beck CR, Dolan GP, Nguyen-Van-Tam JS. Effectiveness of travel restrictions in the rapid containment of human influenza: a systematic review. Bull World Health Organ. 2014;92:868. 80D. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Mateus ALP, Otete HE, Beck CR, Dolan GP, Nguyen-Van-Tam JS. Effectiveness of travel restrictions in the rapid containment of human influenza: a systematic review. Bull World Health Organ. 2014;92:868. 80D. - PMC - PubMed

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