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. 2020 Oct 13:2020:5248569.
doi: 10.1155/2020/5248569. eCollection 2020.

A Mathematical Model to Study the Effectiveness of Some of the Strategies Adopted in Curtailing the Spread of COVID-19

Isa Abdullahi Baba  1 , Bashir Abdullahi Baba  2 , Parvaneh Esmaili  2
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A Mathematical Model to Study the Effectiveness of Some of the Strategies Adopted in Curtailing the Spread of COVID-19

Isa Abdullahi Baba et al. Comput Math Methods Med. .

Abstract

In this paper, we developed a model that suggests the use of robots in identifying COVID-19-positive patients and which studied the effectiveness of the government policy of prohibiting migration of individuals into their countries especially from those countries that were known to have COVID-19 epidemic. Two compartmental models consisting of two equations each were constructed. The models studied the use of robots for the identification of COVID-19-positive patients. The effect of migration ban strategy was also studied. Four biologically meaningful equilibrium points were found. Their local stability analysis was also carried out. Numerical simulations were carried out, and the most effective strategy to curtail the spread of the disease was shown.

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The dynamics of the infected individuals when there are robots for identification of the infected individuals but there is no restriction on migration.
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The dynamics of the infected individuals when there are robots for identification of the infected individuals and there is restriction on migration.
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The dynamics of the infected individuals when there are no robots for identification of the infected individuals but there is restriction on migration.
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Figure 4
The dynamics of the infected individuals when there are no robots for identification of the infected individuals and there is no restriction on migration.
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