India among top 30 countries at 'high risk' from coronavirus spread: Study

India was amongst top 30 countries which were at risk for spre of dely coronavirus, a recent study said. study, which was conducted by researchers from  Southampton University, UK was based on number of air travellers predicted to arrive in countries from worst-affected cities in China.  

Thailand tops list

list places Thailand at top followed by Japan and Hong Kong. United States of America was 6th on list, Australia was 10th, UK was 17th whereas India 23rd, researchers said in a study released on Tuesday. According to university’s WorldPop team, Thailand’s capital Bangkok is currently at most risk from global spre of virus. Hong Kong was second, followed by Taipei in Taiwan. Meanwhile, Sydney, New York and London were amongst 20 or major international cities ranked in research.

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For purpose of research, team used anymous mobile phone and IP dress data along with International air travel data to understand typical patterns of movement of people withing China during annual 40-day Lunar New Year Celebrations. n using collected y identified 18 cities including Wuhan which were at high risk from new coronavirus.

researchers were n able to rank top 30 cities and countries which were at high risk from volume of people travelling from Wuhan and or cities. Andrew Tatem, a professor at University of Southampton reportedly said that it was vital to understand patterns of population movement, both within China and globally to access how virus might spre. He ded that by identifying risk areas, y can inform public health interventions. 

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