Communications Physics (Jun 2021)

Country distancing increase reveals the effectiveness of travel restrictions in stopping COVID-19 transmission

  • Lu Zhong,
  • Mamadou Diagne,
  • Weiping Wang,
  • Jianxi Gao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00620-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Network approaches are key to understand epidemic spreading, inherently driven by human mobility patterns and constrained by transport systems. In this work, the authors develop a country distance framework to capture the spread of COVID-19 on top of the airline network, analyzing the effectiveness of mobility restrictions in the presence of multiple outbreaks and suggesting strategies for optimized coordinated travel restrictions.