The Effect of "Wuhan Closure" on the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

Jian Wang, Wei Shao, Yan Yan, Junseok Kim

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    Abstract

    In this study, we analyzed daily records of newly diagnosed cases in Wuhan, Hubei excluding Wuhan (HEW), and China excluding Hubei (CEH) to investigate the impact of the new coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan on cities around it and throughout China. We used multifractal detrended cross-correlation analysis (MF-DXA) method to investigate the correlations between the daily number of patients in Wuhan and HEW as well as in Wuhan and CEH. We concluded that the cross-correlations between the daily number of patients in Wuhan and HEW were higher than those between the daily number of patients in Wuhan and CEH because the multifractal features of Wuhan and HEW are greater than those of Wuhan and CEH. We also found that the "Wuhan closure"conducted on January 23 resulted in a decrease in cross-correlations between Wuhan and CEH.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number2150052
    JournalFluctuation and Noise Letters
    Volume20
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2021 Dec 1

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    The corresponding author (J. S. Kim) expresses thanks for the support from the BK21 FOUR program. The authors appreciate the reviewers for their constructive comments, which have improved the quality of this paper.

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2021 World Scientific Publishing Company.

    Keywords

    • COVID-19
    • MF-DXA
    • generalized Hurst exponent

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Mathematics
    • General Physics and Astronomy

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