@earthdiscovered: How COVID-19 Shut the World, Dec 2019 – Apr 2020: Cases and Closed Borders by Country DESCRIPTION On 31 December 2019 Wuhan reported a cluster of pneumonia cases. Two weeks later Thailand had the first case outside China, and by 11 March over 100 countries had cases. Then the borders slammed shut: Europe in mid-March, then India, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and South America. By 19 April 127 countries were closed to all travellers and 35 more were partly closed. In April 2020 air passenger traffic was 94% lower than a year earlier. #pandemic #covidー19 #epidemic #worldhealthorganization #disease
Sources:
• WHO timeline – COVID-19
• Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker
• OWID archive of ECDC data
• OpenFlights data
• AP via Inquirer: Wuhan stops outbound flights and trains
• CDC MMWR: COVID-19 outbreaks on cruise ships
• UNWTO: 100% of destinations have travel restrictions
• IATA: April 2020 passenger demand
• IATA: March 2020
• IATA: February 2020
• IATA: January 2020
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