Tracking the spread of COVID-19 in India via social networks in the early phase of the pandemic

S Azad, S Devi - Journal of travel medicine, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has spread worldwide via international
travel. This study traced its diffusion from the global to national level and identified a few …

First local transmission cluster of COVID-19 in Malaysia: public health response

NA Ahmad, ZL Chong, S Abd Rahman… - International Journal of …, 2020 - ijtmgh.com
Introduction: Rapid public health response is important in controlling the transmission of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this study, we described the public health …

Social network analysis of COVID-19 transmission in Karnataka, India

S Saraswathi, A Mukhopadhyay, H Shah… - Epidemiology & …, 2020 - cambridge.org
We used social network analysis (SNA) to study the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
in Karnataka, India, and to assess the potential of SNA as a tool for outbreak monitoring and …

Nepal's first case of COVID-19 and public health response

R Shrestha, S Shrestha, P Khanal… - Journal of travel …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
As of 20 February 2020, there have been 75748 confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) with 2129 deaths. 1 On 30 …

Second wave of COVID-19: emergency situation in India

S Kumar - Journal of travel medicine, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has so far infected 25 385 043 people and has taken 280 683
lives (18 May 2021). Several infectious variants are circulating in the country, including the …

A single mass gathering resulted in massive transmission of COVID-19 infections in Malaysia with further international spread

NF Che Mat, HA Edinur… - Journal of Travel …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Malaysia has recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia with more
than 35% of new COVID-19 cases linked to the Sri Petaling gathering, a Moslem missionary …

Negative impact of social media panic during the COVID-19 outbreak in India

AB Kadam, SR Atre - Journal of travel medicine, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Dear Editor, we read with interest the article titled 'The pandemic of social media panic
travels faster than the COVID-19 outbreak'. 1 We agree with the authors and here we aim to …

Spread of Novel coronavirus by returning pilgrims from Iran to Pakistan

SL Badshah, A Ullah, SH Badshah… - Journal of Travel …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), first reported on 31 December 2019 in Wuhan,
China, has spread rapidly throughout the world, and was declared a global pandemic on …

Descriptive epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Karnataka state, South India: Transmission dynamics of symptomatic vs. asymptomatic infections

N Kumar, SKS Hameed, GR Babu… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The huge surge in COVID-19 cases in Karnataka state, India, during early
phase of the pandemic especially following return of residents from other states and …

Social network analysis methods for exploring SARS-CoV-2 contact tracing data

K Nagarajan, M Muniyandi, B Palani… - BMC medical research …, 2020 - Springer
Background Contact tracing data of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) pandemic is used to estimate basic epidemiological parameters. Contact tracing …