Which Matters More in Fighting COVID-19-Government Policy or Community Participation?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

As a heavily populated megacity, Shanghai faces major epidemic risks. However, Shanghai's control of COVID-19 has been successful owing to both the strict government policy and wide community participation. Here, we investigated the impact of these stakeholders and examined who played a major role across different epidemic stages.

Design

We extended the classic susceptible-exposed-infectious-recovered (SEIR) model considering the heterogeneous contact structure in four social sceneries, i.e., school, workplace, public entertainment venues, and neighborhood community, which could reflect the impact of lockdown policy and wide participation of residents happened at the community level.

Result

The simulation results showed that without lockdown policy and only

SUBMITTER: Qian Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9315311 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature