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. 2020 May 18;27(3):taaa036.
doi: 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

Ping Zhong  1 , Songxue Guo  2 , Ting Chen  3
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Correlation between travellers departing from Wuhan before the Spring Festival and subsequent spread of COVID-19 to all provinces in China

Ping Zhong et al. J Travel Med. .

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.

Keywords: 2019-nCov; Coronavirus; Public Health Emergency of International Concern; containment; migration; quarantine; travel.

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