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Impact of Age and Social Distancing on COVID-19 Epidemic in India


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1 Student, CET School of Management, College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, India
2 Assistant Professor, CET School of Management, College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, India
3 MBA Student, CET School of Management, College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, India
 

Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease with Acute Intense Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and the World Health Organization (WHO) has proclaimed Covid-19 as a pandemic. The virus can spread quickly through close contact and via respiratory droplets induced when people cough or sneeze. The respective officials have promoted social Distancing, and governing bodies as a precautionary measure to prevent this novel disease as social contacts between people have a solid assortative structure in age. A mathematical model is used to predict the transmission of the disease, including age and social contact structure. In the research paper, a SIR Model of the spread of the corona virus that considers both the age and social contact structure has been explored. The bangs of Covid-19 on different age groups were highlighted for special attention to prevent the transmission of the disease.

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Social Distancing, Predictive Modeling, Age Structured Impact, SIR Model.
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Authors

Harish Kumar
Student, CET School of Management, College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, India
Sini V. Pillai
Assistant Professor, CET School of Management, College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, India
Vipin H
MBA Student, CET School of Management, College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, India

Abstract


Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease with Acute Intense Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and the World Health Organization (WHO) has proclaimed Covid-19 as a pandemic. The virus can spread quickly through close contact and via respiratory droplets induced when people cough or sneeze. The respective officials have promoted social Distancing, and governing bodies as a precautionary measure to prevent this novel disease as social contacts between people have a solid assortative structure in age. A mathematical model is used to predict the transmission of the disease, including age and social contact structure. In the research paper, a SIR Model of the spread of the corona virus that considers both the age and social contact structure has been explored. The bangs of Covid-19 on different age groups were highlighted for special attention to prevent the transmission of the disease.

Keywords


Social Distancing, Predictive Modeling, Age Structured Impact, SIR Model.

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