The end of social confinement and COVID-19 re-emergence risk.
Nat Hum Behav
; 4(7): 746-755, 2020 07.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32572175
ABSTRACT
The lack of effective pharmaceutical interventions for SARS-CoV-2 raises the possibility of COVID-19 recurrence. We explore different post-confinement scenarios by using a stochastic modified SEIR (susceptible-exposed-infectious-recovered) model that accounts for the spread of infection during the latent period and also incorporates time-decaying effects due to potential loss of acquired immunity, people's increasing awareness of social distancing and the use of non-pharmaceutical interventions. Our results suggest that lockdowns should remain in place for at least 60 days to prevent epidemic growth, as well as a potentially larger second wave of SARS-CoV-2 cases occurring within months. The best-case scenario should also gradually incorporate workers in a daily proportion at most 50% higher than during the confinement period. We show that decaying immunity and particularly awareness and behaviour have 99% significant effects on both the current wave of infection and on preventing COVID-19 re-emergence. Social distancing and individual non-pharmaceutical interventions could potentially remove the need for lockdowns.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pneumonia Viral
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Política Pública
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Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde
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Infecções por Coronavirus
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Máscaras
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
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America do sul
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Argentina
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Asia
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Europa
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Oceania
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article