Evaluating the association between COVID-19 transmission and mobility in omicron outbreaks in China
Our findings suggest a positive relationship between Omicron transmission and mobility at the city level. However, significant fluctuations in their relationship, as demonstrated by rolling correlation, indicate that assuming a constant correlation between transmission and mobility may lead to inaccurate predictions or decisions when using mobility as a proxy for transmission intensity.
Authors
- Peng Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1157-9401)
- Kylie E. C. Ainslie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5419-7206)
- Benjamin J. Cowling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6297-7154)
- Tim K. Tsang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5037-6776)
- Xiaotong Huang
- Liping Peng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6440-9436)
Institutions
- Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HK)
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL)
- HKU-Pasteur Research Pole (HK)
- Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health (HK)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-00906-7
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.10
Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Innovation and Technology Commission
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases