Elimination versus mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 in the presence of effective vaccines

M Oliu-Barton, BSR Pradelski, Y Algan… - The Lancet global …, 2022 - thelancet.com
There is increasing evidence that elimination strategies have resulted in better outcomes for
public health, the economy, and civil liberties than have mitigation strategies throughout the …

Disease spreading modeling and analysis: A survey

P Hiram Guzzi, F Petrizzelli… - Briefings in …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Motivation The control of the diffusion of diseases is a critical subject of a broad research
area, which involves both clinical and political aspects. It makes wide use of computational …

The challenges of containing SARS-CoV-2 via test-trace-and-isolate

S Contreras, J Dehning, M Loidolt, J Zierenberg… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Without a cure, vaccine, or proven long-term immunity against SARS-CoV-2, test-trace-and-
isolate (TTI) strategies present a promising tool to contain its spread. For any TTI strategy …

Effects of public-health measures for zeroing out different SARS-CoV-2 variants

Y Ge, X Wu, W Zhang, X Wang, D Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Targeted public health interventions for an emerging epidemic are essential for preventing
pandemics. During 2020-2022, China invested significant efforts in strict zero-COVID …

Relaxing restrictions at the pace of vaccination increases freedom and guards against further COVID-19 waves

S Bauer, S Contreras, J Dehning… - PLoS computational …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Mass vaccination offers a promising exit strategy for the COVID-19 pandemic. However, as
vaccination progresses, demands to lift restrictions increase, despite most of the population …

From emergency response to long-term management: The many faces of the endemic state of COVID-19

S Contreras, EN Iftekhar… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
On May 5th 2023, the World Health Organisation declared that COVID-19 does not
constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) anymore, advising …

Interplay between risk perception, behavior, and COVID-19 spread

P Dönges, J Wagner, S Contreras, EN Iftekhar… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have been crucial for
controlling COVID-19. They are complemented by voluntary health-protective behavior …

How to coordinate vaccination and social distancing to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks

SM Grundel, S Heyder, T Hotz, TKS Ritschel… - SIAM Journal on Applied …, 2021 - SIAM
Most countries have started vaccinating people against COVID-19. However, due to limited
production capacities and logistical challenges it will take months/years until herd immunity …

Impact of the Euro 2020 championship on the spread of COVID-19

J Dehning, SB Mohr, S Contreras, P Dönges… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Large-scale events like the UEFA Euro 2020 football (soccer) championship offer a unique
opportunity to quantify the impact of gatherings on the spread of COVID-19, as the number …

The transmission game: Testing behavioral interventions in a pandemic-like simulation

JK Woike, S Hafenbrädl, P Kanngiesser, R Hertwig - Science advances, 2022 - science.org
During pandemics, effective nonpharmaceutical interventions encourage people to adjust
their behavior in fast-changing environments in which exponential dynamics aggravate the …