The influence of cross-border mobility on the COVID-19 epidemic in Nordic countries.
PLoS Comput Biol
; 20(6): e1012182, 2024 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
Restrictions of cross-border mobility are typically used to prevent an emerging disease from entering a country in order to slow down its spread. However, such interventions can come with a significant societal cost and should thus be based on careful analysis and quantitative understanding on their effects. To this end, we model the influence of cross-border mobility on the spread of COVID-19 during 2020 in the neighbouring Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. We investigate the immediate impact of cross-border travel on disease spread and employ counterfactual scenarios to explore the cumulative effects of introducing additional infected individuals into a population during the ongoing epidemic. Our results indicate that the effect of inter-country mobility on epidemic growth is non-negligible essentially when there is sizeable mobility from a high prevalence country or countries to a low prevalence one. Our findings underscore the critical importance of accurate data and models on both epidemic progression and travel patterns in informing decisions related to inter-country mobility restrictions.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Viaje
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
PLoS Comput Biol
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA
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INFORMATICA MEDICA
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Finlandia