COVID-19 continues to have a profound impact worldwide. The need of enhancing a range of measures to reduce the transmission of the disease and to meet the healthcare demand is being realized by administrations. Many NPIs can accomplish this requirement. This article discusses a model that studied the requirement and effectiveness of such NPIs to have a substantial impact on COVID-19 transmission.
Public health measures, also called as non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are variety of measures intended to reduce transmission of a pathogen by reducing contact rates in the general population. A microsimulation epidemiological model was used to assess the potential role of various NPIs in the United Kingdom and other countries. This model can be implemented for reducing community contact rates and thereby, the transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Two fundamental strategies are…
