COVID-19 pandemic waves: Identification and interpretation of global data.

ABSTRACT: The mention of the COVID-19 waves is as prevalent as the pandemic itself. Identifying the beginning and end of the wave is critical to evaluating the impact of various COVID-19 variants and the different pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical (including economic, health and social, etc.) interventions. We demonstrate a scientifically robust method to identify COVID-19 waves and the breaking points at which they begin and end from January 2020 to June 2021. Employing the Break Least Square method, we determine the significance of COVID-19 waves for global-, regional-, and country-level data. The results show that the method works efficiently in detecting different breaking points. Identifying these breaking points is critical for evaluating the impact of the economic, health, social and othe

SUBMITTER: Bali Swain R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10847870 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature