Country-level determinants of the severity of the first global wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: an ecological study.

Tiberiu A Pana Sohinee Bhattacharya David T Gamble Zahra Pasdar Weronika A Szlachetka Jesus A Perdomo-Lampignano Kai D Ewers David J McLernon Phyo Kyaw Myint

Published in: BMJ open (2021)

International travel was directly associated with the mortality slope and thus potentially the spread of COVID-19. Very early restrictions on international travel should be considered to control COVID-19 outbreaks and prevent related deaths.

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