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ArticleInternational journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases2022

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.

Keumseok Koh, Ka Chung Tang, Kay Axhausen, Becky P Y Loo

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Article in International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Keumseok KohDepartment of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong. Electronic address: peterkoh@hku.hk.
Ka Chung TangDepartment of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong. Electronic address: u3007751@connect.hku.hk.
Kay AxhausenDepartment of Civil, Environmental, and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Electronic address: axhausen@ivt.baug.ethz.ch.
Becky P Y LooDepartment of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong. Electronic address: bpyloo@hku.hk.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We simulated the COVID-19 Omicron spread in Hong Kong, China, by building a novel three-dimensional 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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COVID-19ChinaCommunicable Disease ControlHong KongHumansAgent-based modelCOVID-19Hong KongOmicron variantThree-dimensional (3D)Zero-COVID

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PMID35793754
PMCPMC9250706

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