The impact of government measures and human mobility trend on COVID-19 related deaths in the UK

Hadjidemetriou, Georgios M.; Sasidharan, Manu; Kouyialis, Georgia; Parlikad, Ajith Kumar

doi:10.1016/j.trip.2020.100167

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“…Empirical evidence suggests a significant decrease in social mobility following the prevalence of COVID-19 and the adoption of travel restrictions. For example, Hadjidemetriou et al (2020) reported 80% decline in daily trips after restrictions were introduced in the UK. Similar findings have been reported in other contexts.…”

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“…Several studies have examined the efficacy of travel restrictions in containing the spread of the virus. Results show that restrictions on human movement have limited the spread of the virus in China ( Kraemer et al, 2020 ; Tian et al, 2020 ), and the UK ( Hadjidemetriou et al, 2020 ). According to Zhang et al (2020) , the first reaction of many countries/cities to the COVID-19 outbreak was to minimize air travel from/to China, and it had effectively reduced the number of COVID-19 cases imported from China in February 2020.…”

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“…They can provide access to services in an affordable manner. Therefore, active transport modes should be further promoted by more investment in cycling and pedestrian infrastructure ( Hadjidemetriou et al, 2020 ; De Vos, 2020 ). Of course, these efforts should be parts of broader initiatives aimed at compact urban development.…”

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The COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on cities and major lessons for urban planning, design, and management

Sharifi

Khavarian-Garmsir

2020

Science of The Total Environment

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Since the early days of the COVID-19 crisis the scientific community has constantly been striving to shed light on various issues such as the mechanisms driving the spread of the virus, its environmental and socio-economic impacts, and necessary recovery and adaptation plans and policies. Given the high concentration of population and economic activities in cities, they are often hotspots of COVID-19 infections. Accordingly, many researchers are struggling to explore the dynamics of the pandemic in urban areas to understand impacts of COVID-19 on cities. In this study we seek to provide an overview of COVID-19 research related to cities by reviewing literature published during the first eight months after the first confirmed cases were reported in Wuhan, China. The main aims are to understand impacts of the pandemic on cities and to highlight major lessons that can be learned for post-COVID urban planning and design. Results show that, in terms of thematic focus, early research on the impacts of COVID-19 on cities is mainly related to four major themes, namely, (1) environmental quality, (2) socio-economic impacts, (3) management and governance, and (4) transportation and urban design. While this indicates a diverse research agenda, the first theme that covers issues related to air quality, meteorological parameters, and water quality is dominant, and the others are still relatively underexplored. Improvements in air and water quality in cities during lockdown periods highlight the significant environmental impacts of anthropogenic activities and provide a wake-up call to adopt environmentally friendly development pathways. The paper also provides other recommendations related to the socio-economic factors, urban management and governance, and transportation and urban design that can be used for post-COVID urban planning and design. Overall, existing knowledge shows that the COVID-19 crisis entails an excellent opportunity for planners and policy makers to take transformative actions towards creating cities that are more just, resilient, and sustainable.

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2020

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“…Social distancing, including the lockdown which has been implemented by several countries around the world were among these measures [5,6]. In order to limit hardship, countries have taken accompanying measures, especially in the economic sector [7,8]. These measures were based on the economic situation of each country [9].…”

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Decrease in Hospitalizations and Increase in Deaths during the Covid-19 Epidemic in a Pediatric Hospital, Yaounde-Cameroon and Prediction for the Coming Months

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Nkwelle

Nguefack

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Fetal and Pediatric Pathology

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic reached Cameroon in March, 2020. The aim of this study was to unveil the consequences of this pandemic on hospitalizations and on mortality in a pediatric hospital. Methods: A descriptive and retrospective cross-sectional study was carried out using hospitalization and death statistics collected from a pediatric hospital. We compared the data before and after the pandemic and made predictions for the next 12 months. Results: A drastic drop in hospitalizations was noted coinciding with the partial lockdown in Cameroon. Paradoxically, at the same time, the number of deaths per month doubled though the causes remained the same as in the past. Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic was marked by drop in hospitalizations and paradoxically, an increase in child mortality. These deaths were probably due not to SARS-Cov-2 infection, but rather due to the usual illnesses whose management was delayed, a probable consequence of the confinement.

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“…In a more general work, Haug et al (2020) quantify the effectiveness of the worldwide NPIs to mitigate the spreading of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 showing that this effectiveness is strongly related to the economic development as well as the dimension of governance of a country. At a country level, Hadjidemetriou et al (2020) use driving, walking and transit real-time data to investigate the impact of UK government control measures on human mobility reduction and consequent COVID-19 deaths. Pei et al (2020) assess the effect of NPIs on COVID-19 spread in the United States finding significant reductions of the basic reproductive numbers in major metropolitan areas when applying social distancing and other control measures.…”

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Network-based prediction of COVID-19 epidemic spreading in Italy

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Initially emerged in the Chinese city Wuhan and subsequently spread almost worldwide causing a pandemic, the SARS-CoV-2 virus follows reasonably well the Susceptible–Infectious–Recovered (SIR) epidemic model on contact networks in the Chinese case. In this paper, we investigate the prediction accuracy of the SIR model on networks also for Italy. Specifically, the Italian regions are a metapopulation represented by network nodes and the network links are the interactions between those regions. Then, we modify the network-based SIR model in order to take into account the different lockdown measures adopted by the Italian Government in the various phases of the spreading of the COVID-19. Our results indicate that the network-based model better predicts the daily cumulative infected individuals when time-varying lockdown protocols are incorporated in the classical SIR model.

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The impact of government measures and human mobility trend on COVID-19 related deaths in the UK

Cited by 229 publications

References 23 publications

The COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on cities and major lessons for urban planning, design, and management

The COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on cities and major lessons for urban planning, design, and management

Decrease in Hospitalizations and Increase in Deaths during the Covid-19 Epidemic in a Pediatric Hospital, Yaounde-Cameroon and Prediction for the Coming Months

Network-based prediction of COVID-19 epidemic spreading in Italy

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