Prevention and control of COVID-19 in public transportation: Experience from China

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115291

Review

. 2020 Nov;266(Pt 2):115291.

doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115291. Epub 2020 Jul 31.

Prevention and control of COVID-19 in public transportation: Experience from China

Jin Shen¹, Hongyang Duan¹, Baoying Zhang¹, Jiaqi Wang¹, John S Ji², Jiao Wang¹, Lijun Pan¹, Xianliang Wang¹, Kangfeng Zhao¹, Bo Ying¹, Song Tang³, Jian Zhang¹, Chen Liang¹, Huihui Sun¹, Yuebin Lv¹, Yan Li¹, Tao Li¹, Li Li¹, Hang Liu¹, Liubo Zhang¹, Lin Wang¹, Xiaoming Shi⁴

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¹ China CDC Key Laboratory of Environment and Population Health, National Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100021, China.
² Environmental Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, Jiangsu, 215316, China; Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
³ China CDC Key Laboratory of Environment and Population Health, National Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100021, China; Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, China.
⁴ China CDC Key Laboratory of Environment and Population Health, National Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100021, China; Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, China. Electronic address: shixm@chinacdc.cn.

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PMCID: PMC7833563
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115291

Review

Prevention and control of COVID-19 in public transportation: Experience from China

Jin Shen et al. Environ Pollut. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;266(Pt 2):115291.

doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115291. Epub 2020 Jul 31.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ China CDC Key Laboratory of Environment and Population Health, National Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100021, China.
² Environmental Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, Jiangsu, 215316, China; Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
³ China CDC Key Laboratory of Environment and Population Health, National Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100021, China; Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, China.
⁴ China CDC Key Laboratory of Environment and Population Health, National Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100021, China; Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, China. Electronic address: shixm@chinacdc.cn.

PMID: 32829124
PMCID: PMC7833563
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115291

Abstract

Due to continuous spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide, long-term effective prevention and control measures should be adopted for public transport facilities, as they are increasing in popularity and serve as the principal modes for travel of many people. The human infection risk could be extremely high due to length of exposure time window, transmission routes and structural characteristics during travel or work. This can result in the rapid spread of the infection. Based on the transmission characteristics of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the nature of public transport sites, we identified comprehensive countermeasures toward the prevention and control of COVID-19, including the strengthening of personnel management, personal protection, environmental cleaning and disinfection, and health education. Multi-pronged strategies can enhance safety of public transportation. The prevention and control of the disease during the use of public transportation will be particularly important when all countries in the world resume production. The aim of this study is to introduce experience of the prevention and control measures for public transportation in China to promote the global response to COVID-19.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper

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