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| العنوان: |
Variation in human mobility and its impact on the risk of future COVID-19 outbreaks in Taiwan. |
| المؤلفون: |
Chang, Meng-Chun, Kahn, Rebecca, Li, Yu-An, Lee, Cheng-Sheng, Buckee, Caroline O., Chang, Hsiao-Han |
| المصدر: |
BMC Public Health; 1/28/2021, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p, 1 Color Photograph, 3 Graphs |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
COVID-19, CORONAVIRUS diseases, VIRUS disease transmission, GEOGRAPHIC mobility, TRAVEL restrictions, COMMUNICABLE disease control |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
TAIWAN |
| مستخلص: |
Background: As COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, understanding how patterns of human mobility and connectivity affect outbreak dynamics, especially before outbreaks establish locally, is critical for informing response efforts. In Taiwan, most cases to date were imported or linked to imported cases.Methods: In collaboration with Facebook Data for Good, we characterized changes in movement patterns in Taiwan since February 2020, and built metapopulation models that incorporate human movement data to identify the high risk areas of disease spread and assess the potential effects of local travel restrictions in Taiwan.Results: We found that mobility changed with the number of local cases in Taiwan in the past few months. For each city, we identified the most highly connected areas that may serve as sources of importation during an outbreak. We showed that the risk of an outbreak in Taiwan is enhanced if initial infections occur around holidays. Intracity travel reductions have a higher impact on the risk of an outbreak than intercity travel reductions, while intercity travel reductions can narrow the scope of the outbreak and help target resources. The timing, duration, and level of travel reduction together determine the impact of travel reductions on the number of infections, and multiple combinations of these can result in similar impact.Conclusions: To prepare for the potential spread within Taiwan, we utilized Facebook's aggregated and anonymized movement and colocation data to identify cities with higher risk of infection and regional importation. We developed an interactive application that allows users to vary inputs and assumptions and shows the spatial spread of the disease and the impact of intercity and intracity travel reduction under different initial conditions. Our results can be used readily if local transmission occurs in Taiwan after relaxation of border control, providing important insights into future disease surveillance and policies for travel restrictions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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