Monitoring disease transmissibility of 2019 novel coronavirus disease in Zhejiang, China
Ka Chun Chong, Wei Cheng, Shi Zhao, Ling Feng, Kirran N. Mohammad, Maggie Haitian Wang, Benny Zee, Lei Wei, Xi Xiong, Hengyan Liu, Jingxuan Wang, Enfu Chen
Abstract
Owing to the frequent travel connections between Wuhan and Zhejiang, Zhejiang was the third worst-affected province in China with 1,205 cases confirmed before 26 February 2020. The transmissibility of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease was monitored in Zhejiang, accounting for the transmissions from imported cases. Even though Zhejiang was one of the worst-affected provinces, an interruption of disease transmission (i.e. instantaneous reproduction numbers <1) was observed in early/mid-February after a comprehensive set of interventions combating the outbreak.
Topics & Concepts
Transmissibility (structural dynamics)OutbreakChinaDiseaseTransmission (telecommunications)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)GeographyCoronavirusBasic reproduction numberSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)VirologyMedicineEnvironmental healthInfectious disease (medical specialty)Computer scienceInternal medicinePopulationTelecommunicationsVibration isolationPhysicsQuantum mechanicsVibrationArchaeologyCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing