Delays, Masks, the Elderly, and Schools: First Covid-19 Wave in the Czech Republic

被引:3
作者
Berec, Ludek [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Smycka, Jan [4 ]
Levinsky, Rene [3 ,5 ]
Hromadkova, Eva [5 ]
Soltes, Michal [5 ]
Slerka, Josef [3 ,6 ]
Tucek, Vit [3 ,7 ]
Trnka, Jan [8 ]
Smid, Martin [3 ,9 ]
Zajicek, Milan [3 ,9 ]
Diviak, Tomas [3 ,10 ]
Neruda, Roman [3 ,11 ]
Vidnerova, Petra [3 ,11 ]
机构
[1] Univ South Bohemia, Fac Sci, Ctr Math Biol, Dept Math, Branisovska 1760, Ceske Budejovice 37005, Czech Republic
[2] Czech Acad Sci, Biol Ctr, Inst Entomol, Branisovska 31, Ceske Budejovice 37005, Czech Republic
[3] Ctr Modelling Biol & Social Proc, Na Brehu 497-15, Prague 19000 9, Czech Republic
[4] Ctr Theoret Studies, Husova 4, Prague 11000 1, Czech Republic
[5] CERGE EI, Politickych Veznu 7, Prague 11121 1, Czech Republic
[6] Charles Univ Prague, Fac Arts, New Media Studies, Na Prikope 29, Prague 11000 1, Czech Republic
[7] Univ Zagreb, Dept Math, Bijenicka 30, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
[8] Charles Univ Prague, Fac Med 3, Dept Biochem Cell & Mol Biol, Ruska 87, Prague 10000 10, Czech Republic
[9] Czech Acad Sci, Inst Informat Theory & Automat, Pod Vodarenskou Vezi 4, Prague 18200 8, Czech Republic
[10] Univ Manchester, Sch Social Sci, Dept Criminol, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England
[11] Czech Acad Sci, Inst Comp Sci, Pod Vodarenskou Vezi 2, Prague 18200 8, Czech Republic
关键词
Covid-19; pandemic; Non-pharmaceutical interventions; Approximate Bayesian computation; Age structure; School closure; APPROXIMATE BAYESIAN COMPUTATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MODEL; CLOSURE; HEALTH;
D O I
10.1007/s11538-022-01031-5
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学科分类号
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摘要
Running across the globe for nearly 2 years, the Covid-19 pandemic keeps demonstrating its strength. Despite a lot of understanding, uncertainty regarding the efficiency of interventions still persists. We developed an age-structured epidemic model parameterized with epidemiological and sociological data for the first Covid-19 wave in the Czech Republic and found that (1) starting the spring 2020 lockdown 4 days earlier might prevent half of the confirmed cases by the end of lockdown period, (2) personal protective measures such as face masks appear more effective than just a realized reduction in social contacts, (3) the strategy of sheltering just the elderly is not at all effective, and (4) leaving schools open is a risky strategy. Despite vaccination programs, evidence-based choice and timing of non-pharmaceutical interventions remains an effective weapon against the Covid-19 pandemic.
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