Controlling the transmission dynamics of COVID-19

dc.contributor.author	Moore, Stephen E.
dc.contributor.author	Okyere, Eric
dc.date.accessioned	2021-08-26T12:44:58Z
dc.date.available	2021-08-26T12:44:58Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.identifier.issn	23105496
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5975
dc.description	13p:, ill.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The outbreak of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 in Wuhan and other cities in China in 2019 has become a global pandemic as declared by World Health Organization (WHO) in the frst quarter of 2020 [19]. The delay in diagnosis, limited hospital resources and other treatment resources leads to rapid spread of COVID-19. In this article, we consider an optimal control COVID-19 transmission model and assess the impact of some control measures that can lead to the reduction of exposed and infectious individuals in the population. We investigate three control strategies for this deadly infectious disease using personal protection, treatment with early diagnosis, treatment with delay diagnosis and spraying of virus in the environment as time-dependent control functions in our dynamical model to curb the disease spread	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Cape Coast	en_US
dc.subject	COVID-19	en_US
dc.subject	Delay in diagnosis	en_US
dc.subject	Dynamic model	en_US
dc.subject	Compartmental models	en_US
dc.subject	Optimal control	en_US
dc.subject	Hamiltonian	en_US
dc.title	Controlling the transmission dynamics of COVID-19	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US