Quantifying the association between domestic travel and the exportation of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases from Wuhan, China in 2020: A correlational analysis
Shi Zhao, Zian Zhuang, Peihua Cao, Jinjun Ran, Daozhou Gao, Yijun Lou, Lin Yang, Yongli Cai, Weiming Wang, Daihai He ... Show more
Journal of Travel Medicine, taaa022, https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaa022
Published: 20 February 2020
Main text
In the end of 2019, a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) emerged in Wuhan, China and was causing a serious outbreak of acute respiratory illness [1]. Wuhan locates in the center of mainland China with a population of 14 million and is very conveniently connected to other parts of China through airlines and highspeed rails. As of January 31, 2020 (5:00 PM, GMT+8), there were 9809 confirmed 2019-nCoV cases in mainland China, including 213 deaths and 180 discharges.