Weekly Assessment of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Risk of Importation--China, March 25, 2020

Along with the announcement of COVID-19 as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization(WHO)on March 12,2020,COVID-19 appeared to be spreading rapidly around the world.By 10:00 CET on March 25,2020,a total of 331,619 confirmed cases and 15,146 deaths were reported from 195 foreign countries and regions on 6 continents plus the Diamond Princess international cruise ship,and among them,124 countries and regions had local transmission.Cumulatively,the WHO website reported 15,918 confirmed COVID-19 cases from 16 countries and regions in the Western Pacific excluding China,220,516 cases from 60 countries and regions in Europe,2,344 cases from 10 countries and regions in South-East Asia,29,631 cases from 21 countries and regions in the Eastern Mediterranean,60,834 cases from 48 countries and regions in the Americas,and 1,664 cases from 39 countries and regions in Africa(1).

Mobility Trends and Effects on the COVID-19 Epidemic-Hong Kong,China

Summary What is already known about this topic?Several outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)occurred in Hong Kong in 2020,and the response had varied results based on the strength of policy measures and on compliance of the population.What is added by this report?By analyzing data of COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong,combined with the Google Mobility Trends and Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker.

Weekly Assessment of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Risk of Importation--China, April 8, 2020

INTRODUCTION In the past 7 days,COVID-19 continued rapidly spreading worldwide.According to the World Health Organization(WHO)website,by 10:00 CET on April 7,2020,209 foreign countries and territories on 6 continents plus the Diamond Princess international cruise ship reported 1,196,651 confirmed cases and 69,274 deaths;among them,178 countries and territories were confirmed to have local transmission.Cumulatively,the WHO website reported 30,570 confirmed COVID-19 cases from 18 countries and territories in the Western Pacific(excluding China),686,338 cases from 60 countries and territories in Europe,9,132 cases from 10 countries and territories in South-East Asia,78,565 cases from 21 countries and territories in the Eastern Mediterranean,384,242 cases from 53 countries and territories in the Americas,and 7,092 cases from 47 countries and territories in Africa(1).

Weekly Assessment of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Risk of Importation--China, April 1, 2020

Along with the announcement of COVID-19 as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization(WHO)on March 12,2020,COVID-19 appeared to be spreading rapidly around the world.By 10:00 CET on April 1,2020,a total of 740,995 confirmed cases and 37,277 deaths were reported from 204 foreign countries and regions on 6 continents plus the Diamond Princess international cruise ship;among them,161 countries and regions had local transmission.Cumulatively,the WHO website reported 23,791 confirmed COVID-19 cases from 18 countries and regions in the Western Pacific(excluding China),464,212 cases from 60 countries and regions in Europe,5,175 cases from 10 countries and regions in South-East Asia,54,281 cases from 21 countries and regions in the Eastern Mediterranean,188,751 cases from 51 countries and regions in the Americas,and 4,785 cases from 44 countries and regions in Africa(1).