Effectiveness of the Strategies Implemented in Sri Lanka for Controlling the COVID-19 Outbreak
In order to bring the new coronavirus pandemic in the country under control, the government of Sri Lanka implemented a set of control strategies including social distancing, quarantine, lockdowns, travel restrictions, and isolation of villages. The aim of this study is to investigate the effectivene...
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| author | K. K. W. H. Erandi A. C. Mahasinghe S. S. N. Perera S. Jayasinghe |
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| description | In order to bring the new coronavirus pandemic in the country under control, the government of Sri Lanka implemented a set of control strategies including social distancing, quarantine, lockdowns, travel restrictions, and isolation of villages. The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of the overall control process with the aid of classical compartment models and network models. Our results indicate that the prevailing control strategies are effective with at least 50% contact rate reduction or with at least 40% isolation of the contact history of infected population. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9e1251172b8f45bab65be41ad2248f1a2025-02-03T01:04:05ZengWileyJournal of Applied Mathematics1110-757X1687-00422020-01-01202010.1155/2020/29545192954519Effectiveness of the Strategies Implemented in Sri Lanka for Controlling the COVID-19 OutbreakK. K. W. H. Erandi0A. C. Mahasinghe1S. S. N. Perera2S. Jayasinghe3Research & Development Centre for Mathematical Modelling, Department of Mathematics, University of Colombo, Colombo 03, Sri LankaResearch & Development Centre for Mathematical Modelling, Department of Mathematics, University of Colombo, Colombo 03, Sri LankaResearch & Development Centre for Mathematical Modelling, Department of Mathematics, University of Colombo, Colombo 03, Sri LankaDepartment of Clinical Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo 03, Sri LankaIn order to bring the new coronavirus pandemic in the country under control, the government of Sri Lanka implemented a set of control strategies including social distancing, quarantine, lockdowns, travel restrictions, and isolation of villages. The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of the overall control process with the aid of classical compartment models and network models. Our results indicate that the prevailing control strategies are effective with at least 50% contact rate reduction or with at least 40% isolation of the contact history of infected population.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2954519 |
| spellingShingle | K. K. W. H. Erandi A. C. Mahasinghe S. S. N. Perera S. Jayasinghe Effectiveness of the Strategies Implemented in Sri Lanka for Controlling the COVID-19 Outbreak Journal of Applied Mathematics |
| title | Effectiveness of the Strategies Implemented in Sri Lanka for Controlling the COVID-19 Outbreak |
| title_full | Effectiveness of the Strategies Implemented in Sri Lanka for Controlling the COVID-19 Outbreak |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness of the Strategies Implemented in Sri Lanka for Controlling the COVID-19 Outbreak |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of the Strategies Implemented in Sri Lanka for Controlling the COVID-19 Outbreak |
| title_short | Effectiveness of the Strategies Implemented in Sri Lanka for Controlling the COVID-19 Outbreak |
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