Social distancing and testing as optimal strategies against the spread of COVID-19 in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas

Social distancing and testing as optimal strategies against the spread of COVID-19 in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas

At the beginning of August 2020, the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) of Texas experienced a rapid increase of coronavirus disease 2019 (abbreviated as COVID-19) cases and deaths. This study aims to determine the optimal levels of effective social distancing and testing to slow the virus spread at the outset...

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Main Authors: Kristina P. Vatcheva, Josef Sifuentes, Tamer Oraby, Jose Campo Maldonado, Timothy Huber, María Cristina Villalobos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2021-01-01
Series:Infectious Disease Modelling
Subjects:
COVID-19
Mathematical modeling
Optimal control
Rio Grande Valley (RGV)
Testing and social distancing
School reopening
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468042721000336

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