Enahoro A. Iboi

TL;DR: A compartmental model for assessing the community-wide impact of mask use by the general, asymptomatic public is developed, suggesting face masks are potentially of high value in curtailing community transmission and the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic.

TL;DR: This study shows that early termination of the strict social-distancing measures could trigger a devastating second wave with burden similar to those projected before the onset of the restrictive measures, and emphasizes the important role social- Distancing plays in curtailing the burden of COVID-19.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a compartmental model for assessing the community-wide impact of mask use by the general, asymptomatic public, a portion of which may be infectious.

TL;DR: The prospect of COVID-19 elimination in the US, using the hypothetical vaccine, is greatly enhanced if the vaccination program is combined with other interventions, such as face mask usage and/or social distancing, which significantly reduces the level of the vaccine-induced herd immunity threshold needed to eliminate the pandemic in the United States.

TL;DR: A primer for formulating, analysing and simulating mathematical models for understanding the dynamics of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus that emerged from Wuhan city in December 2019 and became the most important public health challenge facing mankind since the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.