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Measuring the impact of social-distancing, testing, and undetected asymptomatic cases on the diffusion of COVID-19

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The key to overcoming COVID-19 lies, arguably, in the diffusion process of confirmed cases. In view of this, this study has two main aims: first, to investigate the unique characteristics of COVID-19—for the existence of asymptomatic cases—and second, to determine the best strategy to suppress the diffusion of COVID-19. To this end, this study proposes a new compartmental model—the SICUR model—which can address undetected asymptomatic cases and considers the three main drivers of the diffusion of COVID-19: the degree of social distancing, the speed of testing, and the detection rate of infected cases. Taking each country’s situation into account, it is suggested that susceptible cases can be classified into two categories based on their sources of occurrence: internal and external factors. The results show that the ratio of undetected asymptomatic cases to infected cases will, ceteris paribus, be 6.9% for South Korea and 22.4% for the United States. This study also quantitatively shows that to impede the diffusion of COVID-19: firstly, strong social distancing is necessary when the detection rate is high, and secondly, fast testing is effective when the detection rate is low.

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  • Seungyoo Jeon, 2022. "Measuring the impact of social-distancing, testing, and undetected asymptomatic cases on the diffusion of COVID-19," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(8), pages 1-24, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0273469
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273469
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