Changing travel patterns in China during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 10 2020
06 10 2020
Historique:
received:
08
05
2020
accepted:
03
09
2020
entrez:
7
10
2020
pubmed:
8
10
2020
medline:
21
10
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Understanding changes in human mobility in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic is crucial for assessing the impacts of travel restrictions designed to reduce disease spread. Here, relying on data from mainland China, we investigate the spatio-temporal characteristics of human mobility between 1st January and 1st March 2020, and discuss their public health implications. An outbound travel surge from Wuhan before travel restrictions were implemented was also observed across China due to the Lunar New Year, indicating that holiday travel may have played a larger role in mobility changes compared to impending travel restrictions. Holiday travel also shifted healthcare pressure related to COVID-19 towards locations with lower healthcare capacity. Network analyses showed no sign of major changes in the transportation network after Lunar New Year. Changes observed were temporary and did not lead to structural reorganisation of the transportation network during the study period.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33024096
doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18783-0
pii: 10.1038/s41467-020-18783-0
pmc: PMC7538915
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
5012Subventions
Organisme : Department of Health
ID : PR-OD-1017-20002
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : 221303/Z/20/Z
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : 208812/Z/17/Z
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MC_PC_19065
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MR/P014658/1
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Department of Health
ID : NIHR200929
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Department of Health
ID : 16/137/109
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MR/N013638/1
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
ID : BB/M009513/1
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MR/S003975/1
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : 210758/Z/18/Z
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MC_PC 19065
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : 206471/Z/17/Z
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : 206250/Z/17/Z
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Department of Health
ID : HPRU-2012-10096
Pays : United Kingdom
Investigateurs
David Simons
(D)
Amy Gimma
(A)
Quentin J Leclerc
(QJ)
Megan Auzenbergs
(M)
Rachel Lowe
(R)
Kathleen O'Reilly
(K)
Matthew Quaife
(M)
Joel Hellewell
(J)
Gwenan M Knight
(GM)
Thibaut Jombart
(T)
Petra Klepac
(P)
Simon R Procter
(SR)
Arminder K Deol
(AK)
Eleanor M Rees
(EM)
Stefan Flasche
(S)
Adam J Kucharski
(AJ)
Sam Abbott
(S)
Fiona Yueqian Sun
(FY)
Akira Endo
(A)
Graham Medley
(G)
James D Munday
(JD)
Sophie R Meakin
(SR)
Nikos I Bosse
(NI)
W John Edmunds
(WJ)
Nicholas G Davies
(NG)
Kiesha Prem
(K)
Stéphane Hué
(S)
C Julian Villabona-Arenas
(CJ)
Emily S Nightingale
(ES)
Rein M G J Houben
(RMGJ)
Anna M Foss
(AM)
Damien C Tully
(DC)
Jon C Emery
(JC)
Kevin van Zandvoort
(K)
Katherine E Atkins
(KE)
Alicia Rosello
(A)
Sebastian Funk
(S)
Mark Jit
(M)
Samuel Clifford
(S)
Timothy W Russell
(TW)
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