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Association between population density and infection rate suggests the importance of social distancing and travel restriction in reducing the COVID-19 pandemic

2020-09-07 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundCurrently, the 2019-nCoV has spread to most countries of the world. Understanding the environmental factors that affect the spread of the disease COVID-19 infection is critical to stop the spread of the disease. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether population density is associated with the infection rate of the COVID-19. MethodsWe collected data from official webpages of cities in China and in the US. The data were uploaded on Excel spreadsheets for statistical analyses...

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