Did visitors for sightseeing actually spread COVID-19 outbreak dominated the omicron variant strain in Japan ? A case study at resort island

Kurita, Junko; Iwasaki, Yoshitaro

doi:10.51094/jxiv.232

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Kurita, Junko Department of Nursing, Faculty of Sports & Health Science, Daitoubunka University
Iwasaki, Yoshitaro Iwasaki Industrial Corporation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51094/jxiv.232

キーワード:

COVID-19、 airport users、 hotel visitors、 mobility、 effective reproduction number、 Go To Travel Campaign

抄録

Background: Long distance travel for sightseeing was believed to spread outbreak and had been banned until 2022. However, it had never been examined in detail.

Object: Object of this study was to confirm effect of long distance travel to infectivity in a resort island including the period when the mutated strain dominated.

Method: We used unique data about daily number of Yakushima airport users and visitors in a major hotel in Yakushima so as to evaluate how long distance travelers affect infectivity. Study period was since January 1, 2022 to August 10m 2022 when omicron variant strain dominated.

Results: Long distance travels, airport users and hotel visitors, were not significant at all.

Discussion and Conclusion: Estimation results about number of long distance travelers might not affect infectivity.

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No author has any conflict of interest, financial or otherwise, to declare in relation to this study.

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