First daily surveillance of emerging COVID-19 hotspots
Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 17:00
in Earth & Climate
Over the course of the coronavirus epidemic, COVID-19 outbreaks have hit communities across the United States. As clusters of infection shift over time, local officials are forced into a whack-a-mole approach to allocating resources and enacting public health policies. Geographers hope that timely, localized data will help inform future decisions, and one day predict where hotpots will emerge.