Abstract
As of August 2021, COVID-19 is still spreading in Japan. Vaccination, one of the key measures to bring COVID-19 under control, began in February 2021. Previous studies have reported that COVID-19 vaccination reduces the number of infections and mortality rates. However, simulations of spreading infection have suggested that vaccination in Japan is insufficient. Therefore, we developed a susceptible–infected–recovered–vaccination1–vaccination2–death model to verify the effect of the first and second vaccination doses on reducing the number of infected individuals in Japan; this includes an infection simulation. The results confirm that appropriate vaccination measures will sufficiently reduce the number of infected individuals and reduce the mortality rate.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1026-1040 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Keywords
- COVID-19
- SARS-CoV-2
- Susceptible–infected–recovered model
- Susceptible–infected–recovered–vaccination1–vaccination2–death model
- Vaccination