Geographical tracking and mapping of coronavirus disease COVID-19/severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic and associated events around the world: how 21st century GIS technologies are supporting the global fight against outbreaks and epidemics

Geographical tracking and mapping of coronavirus disease COVID-19/severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic and associated events around the world: how 21st century GIS technologies are supporting the global fight against outbreaks and epidemics

Abstract In December 2019, a new virus (initially called ‘Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV’ and later renamed to SARS-CoV-2) causing severe acute respiratory syndrome (coronavirus disease COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and rapidly spread to other parts of China and other countries aro...

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Main Authors: Maged N. Kamel Boulos, Estella M. Geraghty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Subjects:
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
GIS
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12942-020-00202-8

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