A network model of Italy shows that intermittent regional strategies can alleviate the COVID-19 epidemic

Fabio Della Rossa; Davide Salzano; Anna Di Meglio; Francesco De Lellis; Marco Coraggio; Carmela Calabrese; Agostino Guarino; Ricardo Cardona-Rivera; Pietro De Lellis; Davide Liuzza; Francesco Lo Iudice; Giovanni Russo; Mario di Bernardo

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18827-5

Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

A network model of Italy shows that intermittent regional strategies can alleviate the COVID-19 epidemic

Fabio Della Rossa,
Davide Salzano,
Anna Di Meglio,
Francesco De Lellis,
Marco Coraggio,
Carmela Calabrese,
Agostino Guarino,
Ricardo Cardona-Rivera,
Pietro De Lellis,
Davide Liuzza,
Francesco Lo Iudice,
Giovanni Russo,
Mario di Bernardo

Affiliations

Fabio Della Rossa: Department of Electronic, Information and Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Davide Salzano: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II
Anna Di Meglio: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II
Francesco De Lellis: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II
Marco Coraggio: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II
Carmela Calabrese: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II
Agostino Guarino: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II
Ricardo Cardona-Rivera: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II
Pietro De Lellis: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II
Davide Liuzza: ENEA, Fusion and Nuclear Safety Department
Francesco Lo Iudice: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II
Giovanni Russo: Department of Information and Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics, University of Salerno
Mario di Bernardo: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18827-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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An ongoing global debate concerns effective and sustainable lockdown release strategies in the current pandemic. Here, the authors implement a network model at healthcare-relevant spatial scale to show that coordinated local strategies can be effective in containing further resurgence of the disease.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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