The effect of travel restrictions on the geographical spread of COVID-19 between large cities in China: a modelling study.

Billy J Quilty Charlie Diamond Yang Liu Hamish Gibbs Timothy W Russell Christopher I Jarvis Kiesha Prem Carl A B Pearson Samuel Clifford Stefan Flaschenull nullPetra Klepac Rosalind M M Eggo Mark Jit

Published in: BMC medicine (2020)

Our results indicate that sustained transmission was likely occurring several weeks prior to the implementation of the cordon sanitaire in four major cities of mainland China and that the observed decrease in incidence was likely attributable to other non-pharmaceutical, transmission-reducing interventions.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
primary care
healthcare
risk factors
quality improvement