Assessing the effectiveness of travel control measures in preventing imported COVID-19 cases reveals the critical role of travel volume
Our findings demonstrate that while stringent post-arrival measures effectively reduced community transmission of imported COVID-19 cases, travel volume reduction played a critical and independent role in limiting viral importation, regardless of post-arrival interventions.
Authors
- Mingwei Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8441-2795)
- Benjamin J. Cowling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6297-7154)
- Karen A. Grépin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4368-0045)
- Bingyi Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0811-8332)
- Ru Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2710-0477)
Institutions
- Department of Health (CN)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epidemics
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2025.100837
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University Grants Committee
- Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee
- Health and Medical Research Fund