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China lockdown may have blocked 700,000 virus cases – researchers

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'China's control measures appear to have worked by successfully breaking the chain of transmission – preventing contact between infectious and susceptible people,' says one of the paper's authors. coronavirus

PATROL. Security guards patrol outside the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market where the coronavirus was detected in Wuhan on January 24, 2020. Photo by Hector Retamal/AFPCOVID-19 pandemic

By day 50 of the epidemic – February 19 – there were 30,000 confirmed cases in China, said Oxford fellow Christopher Dye, one of the paper's authors. The researchers used a combination of case reports, public health information, and mobile phone location tracking to investigate the spread of the virus.

The Wuhan shutdown delayed the arrival of the virus in other cities, their model showed, giving them time to prepare by banning public gatherings and closing entertainment venues, among other measures.

 

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