Optimal intervention strategies to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic effects.

ABSTRACT: Governments across the world are currently facing the task of selecting suitable intervention strategies to cope with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a highly challenging task, since harsh measures may result in economic collapse while a relaxed strategy might lead to a high death toll. Motivated by this, we consider the problem of forming intervention strategies to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic that optimize the trade-off between the number of deceases and the socio-economic costs. We demonstrate that the healthcare capacity and the testing rate highly affect the optimal intervention strategies. Moreover, we propose an approach that enables practical strategies, with a small number of policies and policy changes, that are close to optimal. In particular, we pr

SUBMITTER: Kasis A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9004223 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature