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Lessons from COVID-19: How Data and Modelling Evolved During the Pandemic

A new MOnitoring Outbreaks for Disease surveillance in a data science context (MOOD) Horizon 2020 study published this week offers an insightful look at how disease modelling and data use changed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The research, led by Dr Esther van Kleef, Technical Consultant for the World Health Organization (WHO), with WorldPop’s Professor Andy […]

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What effect will lunar new year have on COVID spread in China? Our modelling shows most people have already been infected

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Shengjie Lai, University of Southampton and Andrew J Tatem, University of Southampton China stuck rigidly to a zero-COVID policy until December 2022. This included travel restrictions, mass testing and mandatory quarantines. The rapid lifting of this strategy led to a surge of COVID infections across the country. There have been concerns that the Chinese lunar

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Initiated in October 2013 to combine The AfriPop Project, AsiaPop and AmeriPop projects, we have a diverse portfolio of projects, including large multi-million-pound collaborative projects with partner organisations, commercial data providers and international development organisations.

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Lessons from COVID-19: How Data and Modelling Evolved During the Pandemic

What effect will lunar new year have on COVID spread in China? Our modelling shows most people have already been infected

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