Prediction of the next major outbreak of COVID-19 in Mainland China and a vaccination strategy for it
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Author(s)
Wu, Yuanyuan
Zhou, Weike
Tang, Sanyi
Cheke, Robert A
Wang, Xia
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
After the widespread prevalence of COVID-19 at the end of 2022 in Mainland China, a major concern is when will the second major outbreak occur and with what prevalence and fatality rates will it be associated with, as peoples' immunity from natural infection subsides. To address this, we established an age-structured model considering vaccine and infection-derived immunity, fitted an immunity-waning curve, and calibrated the model using the epidemic and vaccination data from Hong Kong in 2022. The model and the situation of the first major epidemic in Mainland China were then used to predict the prevalence rate, fatality rate and peak time of the second wave. In addition, the controlling effects of different vaccination strategies on the second major outbreak are discussed. Finally, a characterization indicator for the level of population immunity was provided. We conclude that if the prevalence of the first major epidemic was 80%, the prevalence rate of the second major outbreak would be about 37.64%, and the peak time would have been July 2 2023. Strengthening vaccination can effectively delay the peak of the second wave of the epidemic and reduce the prevalence.
Date Issued
2023-08
Date Acceptance
2023-08-14
Citation
Royal Society Open Science, 2023, 10 (8)
ISSN
2054-5703
Publisher
The Royal Society
Journal / Book Title
Royal Society Open Science
Volume
10
Issue
8
Copyright Statement
© 2023 The Authors.
Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.
Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Subjects
AGE
age-structured model
COVID-19
DYNAMICS
EPIDEMIC MODEL
GLOBAL STABILITY
immunity waning
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology
Science & Technology - Other Topics
vaccination strategy
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
230655
Date Publish Online
2023-08-30