# Releases and Updates This project aims to provide an information infrastructure for the spatial study of the new novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China and spread other regions of China and more than 24 countries and regions. The objectives of this project are: - To provide the data support for the spatial study of COVID-19 at local, regional and global levels with information collected and integrated from different sources. - To facilitate the quantitative research on spatial spread and impacts of COVID-19 with advanced methodology and technology. - To promote collaborative research in the spatial study of COVID-19 on the China Data Lab platform. - To promote the use and sharing of data sources in teaching and research with CDL/Dataverse/WorldMap. - To build the capacity for future collaborative projects. This project is a joint effort by scholars and professionals from the [Center for Geographical Analysis](https://gis.harvard.edu/) at Harvard University, [the Geo-Computation Center for Social Sciences](http://www.lmars.whu.edu.cn/gcss/index.php/en) at Wuhan University, the [China Data Institute](http://chinadatacenter.net), and [RMDS Lab](https://www.rmdslab.com/). The final data will be deployed to [dataverse.harvard.edu](https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/data_ncov) for research sharing. **Contact**: