Open AccessQuantifying the impacts of human mobility restriction on the spread of coronavirus disease 2019: an empirical analysis from 344 cities of China
Author(s) -
Jing Tan,
Shaoyang Zhao,
Yiquan Xiong,
Chunrong Liu,
Shiyao Huang,
Xin Lu,
Lehana Thabane,
Feng Xie,
Xin Sun,
Weimin Liu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chinese medical journal/chinese medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2542-5641
pISSN - 0366-6999
DOI - 10.1097/cm9.0000000000001763
Subject(s) - population , demography , interquartile range , covid-19 , medicine , confounding , outbreak , cumulative effects , disease , environmental health , biology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , ecology , virology , sociology
Since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), human mobility restriction measures have raised controversies, partly because of the inconsistent findings. An empirical study is promptly needed to reliably assess the causal effects of the mobility restriction. The purpose of this study was to quantify the causal effects of human mobility restriction on the spread of COVID-19.