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Closing borders can delay, but can’t stop the spread of COVID-19, new report says

Travel restrictions will not stop the spread of COVID-19, but observing quarantines and avoiding public events gives us a chance to slow the epidemic, says Matteo Chinazzi, a research scientist in the Network Science Institute. “Closing airports will buy you time, but it’s not enough.”

by Emily Arntsen March 6, 2020

This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19. isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. Photo courtesy of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-Rocky Mountain Laboratories

Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus disease COVID-19

Here are some simple Dos and Don’ts that will help protect you from any respiratory virus, including this one.

by Gregory Grinnell and Laura Castañón February 13, 2020

A medical worker collects a sample of a patient at a hotel in Wuhan, in the central province of Hubei, China, on Tuesday, February 4, 2020. Chinatopix via AP

How long can China’s mass quarantine stave off a coronavirus pandemic?

Though the effort to head off a pandemic is centered in China now, the rest of the world cannot close itself off forever, said speakers at a panel on Northeastern’s Boston campus Wednesday convened to discuss the outbreak.

by Laura Castañón February 5, 2020

The coronavirus outbreak is an international public health emergency. Here’s what that means.

“Either the screening, detection, and isolation in China will be able to contain the epidemic there, or it will be a global issue,” says Northeastern professor Alessandro Vespignani. “And this will be decided in the next couple of weeks.”

by Laura Castañón January 30, 2020

An employee sprays disinfectant on a train as a precaution against a new coronavirus at Suseo Station in Seoul, South Korea on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. China broadened its unprecedented, open-ended lockdowns to encompass around 25 million people Friday to try to contain a deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds, though the measures' potential for success is uncertain. AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

Does China’s response to the coronavirus outbreak reflect lessons learned from SARS?

Fear of a global pandemic is one of the factors driving China’s surprising decision to shut down airports in the hope of containing a dangerous virus. The Chinese government also appears to be influenced by the failure of its 2002-03 response to the outbreak of SARS, says School of Journalism director Jonathan Kaufman, former China bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal.

by Ian Thomsen January 24, 2020

Closing borders can delay, but can’t stop the spread of COVID-19, new report says

Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus disease COVID-19

How long can China’s mass quarantine stave off a coronavirus pandemic?

The coronavirus outbreak is an international public health emergency. Here’s what that means.

Does China’s response to the coronavirus outbreak reflect lessons learned from SARS?

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