Modeling the Spatiotemporal Epidemic Spreading of COVID-19 and the Impact of Mobility and Social Distancing Interventions
Àlex Arenas, Wesley Cota, Jesús Gómez‐Gardeñes, Sergio Gómez, Clara Granell, Joan T. Matamalas, David Soriano‐Paños, Benjamin Steinegger
Abstract
A new model tailored to describe the spread of COVID-19 provides an analytic expression for the effective reproduction number $R$ in terms of various containment attempts, a key parameter in slowing the spread of the virus.
Topics & Concepts
Social distanceCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Epidemic modelBasic reproduction numberComputer science2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Containment (computer programming)Key (lock)Statistical physicsDistancingPandemicVirologyEconometricsComputer securityEnvironmental healthPhysicsMathematicsBiologyOutbreakMedicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseasePopulationProgramming languagePathologyCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research