Understanding COVID-19 dynamics and the effects of interventions in the Philippines: A mathematical modelling study

• Main Authors: Caldwell, Jamie M, De Lara-Tuprio, Elvira P, Teng, Timothy Robin Y, Estuar, Ma. Regina Justina E, Sarmiento, Raymond Francis R, Eng, Milinda Abayawardana B, Leong, Robert Neil F, Gray, Richard T, Wood, James G, Le, Linh-Vi, McBryde, Emma S, Ragonnet, Romain, Trauer, James M
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: COVID-19; Philippines; LMIC; SEIR; Minimum Health Standards policy; Biomedical; Computational Engineering; Computer Engineering; Data Science; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Mathematics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/mathematics-faculty-pubs/154; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1153&context=mathematics-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Background COVID-19 initially caused less severe outbreaks in many low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) compared with many high-income countries, possibly because of differing demographics, socioeconomics, surveillance, and policy responses. Here, we investigate the role of multiple factors on CO...