Geographical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Sporadic Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreaks From June to December 2020 in China: An Overview of Environment-To-Human Transmission Events

Maohui Feng; Qiong Ling; Jun Xiong; Anne Manyande; Weiguo Xu; Boqi Xiang

doi:10.3389/fmed.2021.654422

Geographical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Sporadic Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreaks From June to December 2020 in China: An Overview of Environment-To-Human Transmission Events

Front Med (Lausanne). 2021 Jul 16:8:654422. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.654422. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Maohui Feng¹, Qiong Ling², Jun Xiong³, Anne Manyande⁴, Weiguo Xu⁵, Boqi Xiang⁶

Affiliations

¹ Hubei Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behaviors and Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Wuhan Peritoneal Cancer Clinical Medical Research Center, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
² Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
³ Hepatobiliary Surgery Center, Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
⁴ School of Human and Social Sciences, University of West London, London, United Kingdom.
⁵ Department of Orthopedics, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
⁶ School of Public Health, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States.

Abstract

China quickly brought the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 under control during the early stage of 2020; thus, this generated sufficient confidence among the public, which enabled them to respond to several sporadic coronavirus disease 2019 outbreaks. This article presents geographical and epidemiological characteristics of several sporadic coronavirus disease 2019 outbreaks from June to December 2020 in China. The data show that the coronavirus disease may be transmitted by imported cold-chain food and international exchange, and this viewpoint deserves our great attention.

Keywords: COVID-19 disease; cold-chain food; environment-to-human transmission; scientific protective measures; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.