A metropolitan-scale, three-dimensional agent-based model to assess the effectiveness of the Covid-19 Omicron wave interventions in a hyperdense city
A case study of Hong Kong
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2022-09
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We simulated the COVID-19 Omicron spread in Hong Kong, China, by building a novel three-dimensional (3D) agent-based model that incorporates its vertically expanded, hyperdense urban environment. The model examined the effectiveness of the ‘zero-COVID’ interventions (i.e., Compulsory Universal Testing (CUT) and citywide lockdown) that were for debate during the Omicron wave in Hong Kong. We found that such stringent interventions would be effective only with even faster and stricter implementation. Therefore, flexible long-term strategies should also be considered to contain and prevent future infectious diseases.
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122
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534 - 536
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International Society for Infectious Diseases
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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19); Agent-based model; Hong Kong; Omicron variant; Three-dimensional (3D); Zero-COVID
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03521 - Axhausen, Kay W. (emeritus) / Axhausen, Kay W. (emeritus)
02655 - Netzwerk Stadt u. Landschaft ARCH u BAUG / Network City and Landscape ARCH and BAUG