Abstract
Objectives
Firstly, according to the characteristics of COVID-19 epidemic and the control measures of the government of Shaanxi Province, a general population epidemic model is established. Then, the control reproduction number of general population epidemic model is obtained. Based on the epidemic model of general population, the epidemic model of general population and college population is further established, and the control reproduction number is also obtained.
Methods
For the established epidemic model, firstly, the expression of the control reproduction number is obtained by using the next generation matrix. Secondly, the real-time reported data of COVID-19 in Shaanxi Province is used to fit the epidemic model, and the parameters in the model are estimated by least square method and MCMC. Thirdly, the Latin hypercube sampling method and partial rank correlation coefficient (PRCC) are adopted to analyze the sensitivity of the model.
Conclusions
The control reproduction number remained at 3 from January 23 to January 31, then gradually decreased from 3 to slightly greater than 0.2 by using the real-time reports on the number of COVID-19 infected cases from Health Committee of Shaanxi Province in China. In order to further control the spread of the epidemic, the following measures can be taken: (i) reducing infection by wearing masks, paying attention to personal hygiene and limiting travel; (ii) improving isolation of suspected patients and treatment of symptomatic individuals. In particular, the epidemic model of the college population and the general population is established, and the control reproduction number is given, which will provide theoretical basis for the prevention and control of the epidemic in the colleges.
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Supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, CHD(300102129201), the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (2018JM1011) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11701041).
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Li, Zm., Zhang, Tl., Gao, Jz. et al. Preliminary prediction of the control reproduction number of COVID-19 in Shaanxi Province, China. Appl. Math. J. Chin. Univ. 36, 287–303 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11766-021-4065-2
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