[R-pkg-team] Bug#956053: ITP: r-cran-covid19 -- GNU R Coronavirus COVID-19 data acquisition and visualization

[Andreas Tille]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

Subject: ITP: r-cran-covid19 -- GNU R Coronavirus COVID-19 data acquisition and visualization
Package: wnpp
Owner: Andreas Tille <tille at debian.org>
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : r-cran-covid19
  Version         : 0.2.1
  Upstream Author : Emanuele Guidotti
* URL             : https://cran.r-project.org/package=COVID19
* License         : GPL-3
  Programming Lang: GNU R
  Description     : GNU R Coronavirus COVID-19 data acquisition and visualization
 This GNU R package provides pre-processed, ready-to-use, tidy format
 datasets of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) epidemic. The
 latest data are downloaded in real-time, processed and merged with
 demographic indicators from several trusted sources. The package
 implements advanced data visualization across the space and time
 dimensions by means of animated mapping. Besides worldwide data,
 the package includes granular data for Italy, Switzerland and the
 Diamond Princess.

Remark: This package is maintained by Debian R Packages Maintainers at
   https://salsa.debian.org/r-pkg-team/r-cran-covid19