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ArticleFrontiers in public health2023

Daily fluctuations in COVID-19 infection rates under Tokyo's epidemic prevention measures - new evidence from adaptive Fourier decomposition.

Guibin Lu, Zifeng Yang, Wei Qu, Tao Qian, Zige Liu, Wei He, Zhijie Lin, Chitin Hon

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Guibin LuDepartment of Engineering Science, Faculty of Innovation Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macao SAR, China.
Zifeng YangNational Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Wei QuNational Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Tao QianMacau Center for Mathematical Sciences, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
Zige LiuDepartment of Engineering Science, Faculty of Innovation Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macao SAR, China.
Wei HeDepartment of Engineering Science, Faculty of Innovation Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macao SAR, China.
Zhijie LinDepartment of Engineering Science, Faculty of Innovation Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macao SAR, China.
Chitin HonDepartment of Engineering Science, Faculty of Innovation Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macao SAR, China.
Macau University of Science and Technology · MOGuangzhou Medical University · CN

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Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has witnessed widespread infections and variants. Particularly, Tokyo faced the challenge of seven waves of COVID-19, during which government interventions played a pivotal role. Therefore, gaining a comprehensive understanding of government control measures is of paramount importance, which is beneficial for health authorities in the policy development process. Method: Our study analysis the daily change data of the daily COVID-19 infection count in Tokyo from January 16, 2020 to September 30, 2022. We utilized adaptive Fourier decomposition (AFD) for analyzing the temporal trends within COVID-19 data. It extends the conventional AFD approach by constructing new components base on multiple individual components at various time-frequency scales. Furthermore, we conducted Pearson correlation assessments of the first to third-order synthesis results, along with comparative analyses against other signal analysis techniques. Ultimately, these new components are integrated with policy data spanning different time periods for a comprehensive analysis. Result: The analysis of daily COVID-19 data in Tokyo using AFD reveals how various government policies impacted infection rates across seven distinct fluctuation periods. In the decomposition results, the reduction of business hours policy correlated with high-frequency components in the first four waves, while the low-frequency components for the sixth wave suggested a decline in its relevance. The vaccination policy initially displayed a mid-frequency correlation with the fifth wave and continued with a low-frequency correlation in the last wave. Moreover, our statistical analysis (value of Conclusion: In the time-frequency domain, AFD demonstrates superior performance compared to EMD and VMD in capturing crucial data related to epidemic control measures. The variations in daily COVID-19 infection counts during these seven periods under various policies are evident in distinct third-order AFD components. These findings guide the formulation of future public health policies and social measures.

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COVID-19CommerceHumansPandemicsPublic PolicyTokyoadaptive Fourier decompositionCOVID-19daily fluctuationepidemic prevention policiesTokyo pandemic

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