The emergence, genomic diversity and global spread of SARS-CoV-2

J Li, S Lai, GF Gao, W Shi - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Since the first cases of COVID-19 were documented in Wuhan, China in 2019, the world has
witnessed a devastating global pandemic, with more than 238 million cases, nearly 5 million …

Social physics

M Jusup, P Holme, K Kanazawa, M Takayasu, I Romić… - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent decades have seen a rise in the use of physics methods to study different societal
phenomena. This development has been due to physicists venturing outside of their …

Effective public health measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19: a systematic review

I Ayouni, J Maatoug, W Dhouib, N Zammit, SB Fredj… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background In December 2019, a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was recognized
in Wuhan, China. It was characterised by rapid spread causing a pandemic. Multiple public …

Inferring the effectiveness of government interventions against COVID-19

JM Brauner, S Mindermann, M Sharma, D Johnston… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Governments across the world have implemented a wide range of
nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to mitigate the spread of severe acute respiratory …

The potential of virtual tourism in the recovery of tourism industry during the COVID-19 pandemic

J Lu, X Xiao, Z Xu, C Wang, M Zhang… - Current Issues in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed tremendous impacts on the tourism industry
worldwide. The tourism sector can take advantage of the new technology (eg virtual …

Non-pharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A review

N Perra - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Infectious diseases and human behavior are intertwined. On one side, our movements and
interactions are the engines of transmission. On the other, the unfolding of viruses might …

[HTML][HTML] Mobility network models of COVID-19 explain inequities and inform reopening

S Chang, E Pierson, PW Koh, J Gerardin, B Redbird… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic markedly changed human
mobility patterns, necessitating epidemiological models that can capture the effects of these …

Suppression of a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in the Italian municipality of Vo'

E Lavezzo, E Franchin, C Ciavarella… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
On 21 February 2020, a resident of the municipality of Vo', a small town near Padua (Italy),
died of pneumonia due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review of empirical studies comparing the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19

A Mendez-Brito, C El Bcheraoui, F Pozo-Martin - Journal of Infection, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate which non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have been more and
less effective in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods We performed a systematic …

Human mobility restrictions and the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China

H Fang, L Wang, Y Yang - Journal of Public Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
We quantify the causal impact of human mobility restrictions, particularly the lockdown of
Wuhan on January 23, 2020, on the containment and delay of the spread of the Novel …