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Rapid global spread of Variant of Concern of SARS-CoV-2
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  • Daihai He,
  • Benjamin Cowling,
  • Sheikh Taslim Ali,
  • Lewi Stone
Daihai He
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Corresponding Author:daihai.he@polyu.edu.hk

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Benjamin Cowling
The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
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Sheikh Taslim Ali
The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
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Lewi Stone
RMIT Surveying and geospatial sciences
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Abstract

In this work, we show the spatiotemporal spread and replacement of different Variant of Concern (VOC) of SARS-COV-2. We define a metric to quantify the spread speed of each COV. We discuss the basic reproductive number of these VOC’s and possible impact of travel ban.
Jun 2023Published in IJID Regions volume 7 on pages 63-65. 10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.12.005