News-Medical.Net September 23, 2021
By Liji Thomas, MD Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which is caused by the emergence and subsequent global spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has caused many countries to experience an acute and overwhelming strain on their healthcare systems. This has led many intensive care units (ICUs) and hospitals around the world to become flooded beyond capacity.

Following the rollout of highly effective vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, it is expected that the incidence of COVID-19 will begin to decline and ultimately allow for a return to a semblance of normalcy. However, public health authorities need a reliable model to forecast future trends in viral transmission and clinical disease.

A new preprint on the medRxiv* server discusses a model that has...

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