The commuter hub was key to the spread of COVID-19 in London, write Christian Julliard, Ran Shi and Kathy Yuan. They estimate it contributed to over 42% of all London cases. When authorities are devising tiered local lockdowns, it pays to consider these network effects rather than looking only at cases in individual boroughs.

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