The effects of border control and quarantine measures on the spread of COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: The rapid expansion of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been observed in many parts of the world. Many newly reported cases of COVID-19 during early outbreak phases have been associated with travel history from an epidemic region (identified as imported cases). For those cases without travel history, the risk of wider spreads through community contact is even higher. However, most population models assume a homogeneous infected population without considering that the imported and secondary cases contracted by the imported cases can pose different risks to community spread. We have developed an "easy-to-use" mathematical framework extending from a meta-population model embedding city-to-city connections to stratify the dynamics of transmission waves caused by imported, secondary, and

SUBMITTER: Hossain MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7274973 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature