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Article: Mitigating COVID-19 Transmission in Schools With Digital Contact Tracing
Title | Mitigating COVID-19 Transmission in Schools With Digital Contact Tracing |
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Keywords | Asymptomatic infection COVID-19 Digital contract tracing Mitigation strategy Social distancing Susceptible-exposed-infectious-removed (SEIR) |
Issue Date | 2021 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The Journal's web site is located at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6570650 |
Citation | IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, 2021, v. 8 n. 6, p. 1302-1310 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Precision mitigation of COVID-19 is in pressing need for postpandemic time with the absence of pharmaceutical interventions. In this study, the effectiveness and cost of digital contact tracing (DCT) technology-based on-campus mitigation strategy are studied through epidemic simulations using high-resolution empirical contact networks of teachers and students. Compared with traditional class, grade, and school closure strategies, the DCT-based strategy offers a practical yet much more efficient way of mitigating COVID-19 spreading in the crowded campus. Specifically, the strategy based on DCT can achieve the same level of disease control as rigid school suspensions but with significantly fewer students quarantined. We further explore the necessary conditions to ensure the effectiveness of DCT-based strategy and auxiliary strategies to enhance mitigation effectiveness and make the following recommendation: social distancing should be implemented along with DCT, the adoption rate of DCT devices should be assured, and swift virus tests should be carried out to discover asymptomatic infections and stop their subsequent transmissions. We also argue that primary schools have higher disease transmission risks than high schools and, thereby, should be alerted when considering reopenings. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/305698 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.716 |
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dc.contributor.author | Sun, H | - |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, X | - |
dc.contributor.author | Du, Z | - |
dc.contributor.author | Xu, X | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wu, Y | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-20T10:13:03Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-10-20T10:13:03Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, 2021, v. 8 n. 6, p. 1302-1310 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2329-924X | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/305698 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Precision mitigation of COVID-19 is in pressing need for postpandemic time with the absence of pharmaceutical interventions. In this study, the effectiveness and cost of digital contact tracing (DCT) technology-based on-campus mitigation strategy are studied through epidemic simulations using high-resolution empirical contact networks of teachers and students. Compared with traditional class, grade, and school closure strategies, the DCT-based strategy offers a practical yet much more efficient way of mitigating COVID-19 spreading in the crowded campus. Specifically, the strategy based on DCT can achieve the same level of disease control as rigid school suspensions but with significantly fewer students quarantined. We further explore the necessary conditions to ensure the effectiveness of DCT-based strategy and auxiliary strategies to enhance mitigation effectiveness and make the following recommendation: social distancing should be implemented along with DCT, the adoption rate of DCT devices should be assured, and swift virus tests should be carried out to discover asymptomatic infections and stop their subsequent transmissions. We also argue that primary schools have higher disease transmission risks than high schools and, thereby, should be alerted when considering reopenings. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The Journal's web site is located at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6570650 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems | - |
dc.subject | Asymptomatic infection | - |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | - |
dc.subject | Digital contract tracing | - |
dc.subject | Mitigation strategy | - |
dc.subject | Social distancing | - |
dc.subject | Susceptible-exposed-infectious-removed (SEIR) | - |
dc.title | Mitigating COVID-19 Transmission in Schools With Digital Contact Tracing | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Du, Z: zwdu@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Du, Z=rp02777 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1109/tcss.2021.3073109 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85105032930 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 327511 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 8 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 6 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1302 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 1310 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000724478300007 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |