Background The first wave of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic began
when the first index case was reported in Nigeria on the 27th of February 2020, and since …

Since the start of the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there have been many modeling
efforts to assess several issues of importance to public health. In this work, we review the …

COVID-19 has resulted in significant morbidity and mortality globally. We develop a model
that uses data from thirty days before a fixed time point to forecast the daily number of new …

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is arguably one of the most challenging health crises in
modern times. The development of effective strategies to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 …

In the absence of a consensus protocol to slow down the spread of SARS-CoV-2,
policymakers need real-time indicators to support decisions in public health matters. The …

COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped our world in a timescale much shorter than what we can
understand. Particularities of SARS-CoV-2, such as its persistence in surfaces and the lack …

Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have played a crucial role in controlling the spread
of COVID-19. Nevertheless, NPI efficacy varies enormously between and within countries …

When COVID-19 was first introduced to the United States, state and local governments
enacted a variety of policies intended to mitigate the virulence of the epidemic. At the time …

The ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Infectious Disease-2019) was first
reported at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China. On 30 January 2020, the WHO declared a …

In this chapter, we aim to provide a biological, statistical, and mathematical framework to
understand and formulate sensible models to study the spreading dynamics of COVID-19 …