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- Title
Global and local mobility as a barometer for COVID-19 dynamics.
- Authors
Linka, Kevin; Goriely, Alain; Kuhl, Ellen
- Abstract
The spreading of infectious diseases including COVID-19 depends on human interactions. In an environment where behavioral patterns and physical contacts are constantly evolving according to new governmental regulations, measuring these interactions is a major challenge. Mobility has emerged as an indicator for human activity and, implicitly, for human interactions. Here, we study the coupling between mobility and COVID-19 dynamics and show that variations in global air traffic and local driving mobility can be used to stratify different disease phases. For ten European countries, our study shows a maximal correlation between driving mobility and disease dynamics with a time lag of 14.6 ± 5.6 days. Our findings suggest that trends in local mobility allow us to forecast the outbreak dynamics of COVID-19 for a window of two weeks and adjust local control strategies in real time.
- Subjects
COVID-19; COVID-19 pandemic; REAL-time control; COMMUNICABLE diseases; AIR traffic
- Publication
Biomechanics & Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2021, Vol 20, Issue 2, p651
- ISSN
1617-7959
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10237-020-01408-2