Modeling the Spatiotemporal Epidemic Spreading of COVID-19 and the Impact of Mobility and Social Distancing Interventions

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Authors

Àlex Arenas · Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Wesley Cota · Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Jesús Gómez‐Gardeñes · Universidad de Zaragoza

Sergio Gómez · Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Clara Granell · Universidad de Zaragoza

Joan T. Matamalas · Brigham and Women's Hospital

David Soriano‐Paños

Abstract

A new model tailored to describe the spread of COVID-19 provides an analytic expression for the effective reproduction number $R$ in terms of various containment attempts, a key parameter in slowing the spread of the virus.

Topics & Keywords

COVID-19 epidemiological studies COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Physical Review X

Volume 10, Issue 4

DOI: 10.1103/physrevx.10.041055

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