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ArticleBMC public health2021

The effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in different socioeconomic populations in Kuwait: a modeling study.

Fatima Khadadah, Abdullah A Al-Shammari, Ahmad Alhashemi, Dari Alhuwail, Bader Al-Saif, Saud N Alzaid, Barrak Alahmad, Isaac I Bogoch

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Fatima Khadadah *Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. f.khadadah@mail.utoronto.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-6456-6922
Abdullah A Al-Shammari *Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Kuwait University, Khaldiya, Kuwait. abdullah.alshammari@ku.edu.kw.
Ahmad AlhashemiDepartment of Medicine, Adan Hospital, Ministry of Health, Al-Ahmadi, Kuwait.
Dari AlhuwailDasman Diabetes Institute, Dasman, Kuwait.
Bader Al-SaifDepartment of History, College of Arts, Kuwait University, Sabah Al-Salem University City, Sabah Al-Salem, Kuwait.
Saud N AlzaidDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Jabriya, Kuwait.
Barrak AlahmadDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Isaac I BogochDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Abstract

backgroundAggressive non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) may reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The extent to which these interventions are successful in stopping the spread have not been characterized in countries with distinct socioeconomic groups. We compared the effects of a partial lockdown on disease transmission among Kuwaitis (P

methodsWe fit a modified metapopulation SEIR transmission model to reported cases stratified by two groups to estimate the impact of a partial lockdown on the effective reproduction number ([Formula: see text]). We estimated the basic reproduction number ([Formula: see text]) for the transmission in each group and simulated the potential trajectories of an outbreak from the first recorded case of community transmission until 12 days after the partial lockdown. We estimated [Formula: see text] values of both groups before and after the partial curfew, simulated the effect of these values on the epidemic curves and explored a range of cross-transmission scenarios.

resultsWe estimate [Formula: see text] at 1·08 (95% CI: 1·00-1·26) for P

conclusionOur results indicate and quantify how the same lockdown intervention can accentuate disease transmission in some subpopulations while potentially controlling it in others. Any such control may further become compromised in the presence of cross-transmission between subpopulations. Future interventions and policies need to be sensitive to socioeconomic and health disparities.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Communicable Disease ControlHumansKuwaitSocioeconomic FactorsCOVID-19Mathematical modelingNon-pharmaceutical interventionsSocioeconomic disparities

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PMCPMC8152192

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