Zhong 2020.

Study characteristics
Study design	Mathematical modelling study
Disease	COVID‐19
Travel‐related control measure(s)	Border closure and international travel restrictions Radical travel restrictions of different levels (i.e. entry ban, global travel ban, and lockdown) Date of implementation: 21 January  ‐ 04 April 2020
Country implementing the measure(s)	Country protected by the measure: multiple countries (249 geographic areas) Country restricted by the measure: n.r.
Outcome(s)	Cases avoided due to the measure Outcome 1: number of cumulative cases in community Outcome 2: days to epidemic arrival Follow‐up: 21 January  ‐ 4 April 2020
Notes	COI: “The authors declare that they have no competing financial interests.” Funding: “This work was supported in part by the Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.”

CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; COI: conflicts of interest; COVID‐19: coronavirus disease 2019; EU: European Union; MERS: Middle East respiratory syndrome; NPI: non‐pharmaceutical intervention;n.r.: not reported;PCR: polymerase chain reaction; R(T): current reproduction number; RT‐PCR: reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; SARS: severe acute respiratory syndrome; SEIR: susceptible, exposed, infectious, recovered; WHO: World Health Organization