Multi-dimensional epidemiology and informatics data on COVID-19 wave at the end of zero COVID policy in China

• Main Authors: Yu, Xin-Sheng, Tan, Shaoying, Tang, Wanting, Zhao, Fang-Fang, Ji, Jie, Lin, Jianwei, He, Han-Jie, Gu, Youxin, Liang, Jia-Jian, Wang, Meng, Chen, Yequn, Yang, Jiancheng, Xie, Longxu, Wang, Qian, Liu, Mengyu, He, Yang, Chen, Lan, Wang, Ya Xing, Wu, Zhaoxiong, Zhao, Gang, Liu, Yi, Wang, Yun, Hao, Dongning, Cen, Jingyun, Yao, Shi-Qi, Zhang, Dan, Liu, Lifang, Lye, David C., Hao, Zhifeng, Wong, Tien Yin, Cen, Ling-Ping
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Zero-COVID policy; Baidu search index
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/181781
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: China exited strict Zero-COVID policy with a surge in Omicron variant infections in December 2022. Given China’s pandemic policy and population immunity, employing Baidu Index (BDI) to analyze the evolving disease landscape and estimate the nationwide pneumonia hospitalizations in the po...