Potential for global spread of a novel coronavirus from China
Isaac I. Bogoch, Alexander Watts, Andrea Thomas-Bachli, Carmen Huber, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Kamran Khan
Abstract
An epidemic of a novel coronavirus emerged from Wuhan, China, in late December 2019 and has since spread to several large Chinese cities. Should a scenario arise where this coronavirus spreads more broadly across China, we evaluate how patterns of international disease transmission could change.
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ChinaCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicineCoronavirus2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Transmission (telecommunications)PandemicVirologyBetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsEnvironmental healthDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakGeographyInternal medicineTelecommunicationsComputer scienceArchaeologyCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy