Agent-based Modeling of COVID-19 Infection Rate vis-à-vis the Philippine Government Community Quarantine and Face Covering Measures

• Main Authors: Agustin, Alfonso D, Ferrer, Justine C, Bolingot, Harold Jay M, Celestre, John Donnie I, Oppus, Carlos M, Monje, Jose Claro N
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: COVID-19 pandemic; face shields; face masks; government measures; agent-based modeling; NetLogo; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Medicine and Health Sciences; Public Health
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/ecce-faculty-pubs/127; https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9664664/authors
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The COVID-19 pandemic has uprooted the normal lives and routines of Filipinos. Dubbed as the ‘new normal,’ the wearing of face masks and face shields and adherence to social distancing and the community quarantines have been enforced by the Philippine government to all its citizens. The primary conc...