Can mathematical modelling solve the current Covid-19 crisis?

Since COVID-19 transmission started in late January, mathematical modelling has been at the forefront of shaping the decisions around different non-pharmaceutical interventions to confine its' spread in the UK and worldwide. This Editorial discusses the importance of modelling in understanding...

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Published inBMC public health Vol. 20; no. 1; p. 551
Main Author Panovska-Griffiths, Jasmina
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BioMed Central Ltd 24.04.2020
BioMed Central
BMC
Subjects
Analysis
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease transmission
Epidemics
Fatalities
Health aspects
Humans
Infection
Infections
Infectious diseases
Mathematical models
Models, Theoretical
Pandemics
Pears
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Population
Quarantine
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Viral diseases
Viruses
United Kingdom
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:Since COVID-19 transmission started in late January, mathematical modelling has been at the forefront of shaping the decisions around different non-pharmaceutical interventions to confine its' spread in the UK and worldwide. This Editorial discusses the importance of modelling in understanding Covid-19 spread, highlights different modelling approaches and suggests that while modelling is important, no one model can give all the answers.
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ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-020-08671-z