Assessing spread risk of COVID-19 within and beyond China in early 2020

Submitted date: 16 March 2022

Accepted/In Press date: 19 August 2022

e-pub ahead of print date: 26 August 2022

Published date: December 2022

Additional Information: Funding Information: Ethical clearance for collecting and using secondary data in this study was granted by the institutional review board of the University of Southampton (No. 48002). All data were supplied and analysed in an anonymous format, without access to personal identifying information.We thank Baidu Inc. and IATA prodiving the data. We also thank staff members at disease control institutions, hospitals, and health administrations across China where outbreaks occurred for field investigation, administration, and data collection. This study was supported by the grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Grant Nos.: INV-024911 and OPP1134076); the European Union Horizon 2020 (Grant No.: MOOD 874850); the National Natural Science Fund of China (Grant Nos.: 81773498, 71771213 and 91846301); National Science and Technology Major Project of China (Grant No.: 2016ZX10004222-009); Program of Shanghai Academic/Technology Research Leader (Grant No.: 18XD1400300); Hunan Science and Technology Plan Project (Grant Nos.: 2017RS3040 and 2018JJ1034). AJT is supported by funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Grant Nos.: OPP1106427, OPP1032350, OPP1134076, and OPP1094793), the Clinton Health Access Initiative, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Wellcome Trust (Grant Nos.: 106866/Z/15/Z and 204613/Z/16/Z). HY is supported by funding from the National Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (Grant No.: 81525023); Program of Shanghai Academic/Technology Research Leader (Grant No.: 18XD1400300); and the United States National Institutes of Health (Comprehensive International Program for Research on AIDS grant U19 AI51915). The research team members were independent from the funding agencies. The funders had no role in the design and conduct of the study; the collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; and the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript. Funding Information: We thank Baidu Inc. and IATA prodiving the data. We also thank staff members at disease control institutions, hospitals, and health administrations across China where outbreaks occurred for field investigation, administration, and data collection. This study was supported by the grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Grant Nos.: INV-024911 and OPP1134076 ); the European Union Horizon 2020 (Grant No.: MOOD 874850 ); the National Natural Science Fund of China (Grant Nos.: 81773498 , 71771213 and 91846301 ); National Science and Technology Major Project of China (Grant No.: 2016ZX10004222-009 ); Program of Shanghai Academic/Technology Research Leader (Grant No.: 18XD1400300 ); Hunan Science and Technology Plan Project (Grant Nos.: 2017RS3040 and 2018JJ1034 ). AJT is supported by funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Grant Nos.: OPP1106427 , OPP1032350 , OPP1134076 , and OPP1094793 ), the Clinton Health Access Initiative, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Wellcome Trust (Grant Nos.: 106866/Z/15/Z and 204613/Z/16/Z ). HY is supported by funding from the National Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (Grant No.: 81525023 ); Program of Shanghai Academic/Technology Research Leader (Grant No.: 18XD1400300 ); and the United States National Institutes of Health (Comprehensive International Program for Research on AIDS grant U19 AI51915 ). The research team members were independent from the funding agencies. The funders had no role in the design and conduct of the study; the collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; and the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Xi'an Jiaotong University

Keywords: Air travel, COVID-19, Human mobility, Mobile phone, Pandemic

Local EPrints ID: 470282

URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/470282

DOI: doi:10.1016/j.dsm.2022.08.004

ISSN: 2666-7649

PURE UUID: 9b516c60-da9c-4b99-a86a-81efc6f8e4c3

ORCID for Shengjie Lai: orcid.org/0000-0001-9781-8148

ORCID for Andrew J. Tatem: orcid.org/0000-0002-7270-941X

Date deposited: 05 Oct 2022 16:48

Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:52