Spread and control of COVID-19 in China and their associations with population movement, public health emergency measures, and medical resources

Songmin Ying; Fei Li; Xinwei Geng; Zhouyang Li; Xufei Du; Haixia Chen; Sisi Chen; Min Zhang; Zhehua Shao; Yinfang Wu; Madiha Zahra Syeda; Fugui Yan; Luanqing Che; Bin Zhang; Jian Lou; Shaobin Wang; Zhengming Chen; Wen Li; Ye Shen; Zhihua Chen; Huahao Shen

The copyright holder for this preprint . https://doi.org/10. 1101 higher case-fatality rate. Indeed, as the medical service started to improve gradually and large number 250 of cases were properly diagnosed the case fatality rates had started to decreased steadily over the last 251 two weeks. Outside of Hubei, although the case fatality rates were very low, we also found a 252 significant correlation between health scores and overall prognosis of patients. In recognizing the 253 burden of epidemic in Hubei province and need for providing prompt and adequate medical service 254 to those infected, the Chinese government has created a "province to city" support system, in which 255 each city in Hubei province received direct and targeted support from at least one appointed province. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license It is made available under a is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.