Global Research on COVID-19

Identified as Coronavirus (COVID-19), this new virus has recently spread from Wuhan to other regions of China as well as about 40 countries. The virus presented unprecedented challenges, but also provided a rare opportunity for studying it that, if seized, will help us understand future risks. Researchers from the Center for Geographical Analysis at Harvard University, the Geo-computation Center for Social Sciences at Wuhan University, RMDS Lab, and the Chinese Data Institute are working together to build a web based platform for sharing research data on COVID-19. This talk introduced the available resources for COVID-19 studies, which include the daily statistics on the virus cases, inter-region migration data, local health facilities, social media data as well as demographic and business data from the population and economic censuses integrated with the administrative maps. It also introduced the new cloud platform for COVID-19 study and how to apply for free account support.