COVID-19 vaccination strategies depend on the underlying network of social interactions.

ABSTRACT: Since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, different mitigation and management strategies limiting economic and social activities have been implemented across many countries. Despite these strategies, the virus continues to spread and mutate. As a result, vaccinations are now administered to suppress the pandemic. Current COVID-19 epidemic models need to be expanded to account for the change in behaviour of new strains, such as an increased virulence and higher transmission rate. Furthermore, models need to account for an increasingly vaccinated population. We present a network model of COVID-19 transmission accounting for different immunity and vaccination scenarios. We conduct a parameter sensitivity analysis and find the average immunity length after an infecti

SUBMITTER: Saunders HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8674282 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature