Modelling effectiveness of COVID-19 pandemic control policies using an Area-based SEIR model with consideration of infection during interzonal travel

Jielun Liu, Ghim Ping Ong and Vincent Junxiong Pang

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2022, vol. 161, issue C, 25-47

Abstract: This paper studies the effectiveness of several pandemic restriction measures adopted in Singapore during the COVID-19 outbreak. To this end, the classical Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Recovered (SEIR) model widely used to describe the dynamic process of epidemic propagation is extended to an area-based SEIR model with the consideration of exposure to infections during commute and quarantine. The proposed model considers infections within areas and infections occurred during the commute of individuals. A case study of the Singapore MRT system is presented to show the effectiveness of pandemic restriction policies implemented in Singapore, namely social distancing, work shift and Circuit Breaker (CB) and phase advisories. A long-term investigation of COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore is performed, and the disease transmission dynamics in 2020–2021 (which covers the first wave and second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore) is modelled.

Keywords: Pandemic restriction policies; Area based SEIR model; Exposure to infections during commute; Singapore MRT system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2022.05.003

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