Forecasting the Spread of COVID-19 in Kuwait Using Compartmental and Logistic Regression Models

The state of Kuwait is facing a substantial challenge in responding to the spread of the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). The government’s decision to repatriate stranded citizens back to Kuwait from various COVID-19 epicenters has generated a great concern. It has heightened the need for predicti...

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Published in:Applied sciences 2020-05, Vol.10 (10), p.3402
Main Authors: Almeshal, Abdullah M, Almazrouee, Abdulla I, Alenizi, Mohammad R, Alhajeri, Saleh N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
compartmental models
COVID-19
Disease transmission
forecasting
Forecasts and trends
mathematical modeling
Methods
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Regression analysis
stochastic SIR
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Summary:The state of Kuwait is facing a substantial challenge in responding to the spread of the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). The government’s decision to repatriate stranded citizens back to Kuwait from various COVID-19 epicenters has generated a great concern. It has heightened the need for prediction models to estimate the epidemic size. Mathematical modeling plays a pivotal role in predicting the spread of infectious diseases to enable policymakers to implement various health and safety measures to contain the spread. This research presents a forecast of the COVID-19 epidemic size in Kuwait based on the confirmed data. Deterministic and stochastic modeling approaches were used to estimate the size of COVID-19 spread in Kuwait and determine its ending phase. In addition, various simulation scenarios were conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of nonpharmaceutical intervention measures, particularly with time-varying infection rates and individual contact numbers. Results indicate that, with data until 19 April 2020 and before the repatriation plan, the estimated reproduction number in Kuwait is 2.2. It also confirms the efficiency of the containment measures of the state of Kuwait to control the spread even after the repatriation plan. The results show that a high contact rate among the population implies that the epidemic peak value is yet to be reached and that more strict intervention measures must be incorporated
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app10103402