A research team from Khalifa University, under the supervision of Dr. George Rodriguez, developed a model that contributes to knowing the effect of the Corona virus on individuals, which in turn represents a first step for decision makers to understand the consequences of the spread of the virus, where the team published an article about the model and its results in the medical archiving system, It is an online platform that deals with the work of researchers in the field of medicine and health sciences.
Predicting how the disease will spread and the number of infected people is necessary in the health care planning process and determining the necessary requirements, in addition to assessing the impact of any action taken, as countries vary in their response to the Corona virus according to the extent of technological progress and the abundance of resources and human forces.
The model is based on data collection such as the prevalence of infectious diseases, the timing of the termination of social isolation, the number of intensive care units per million patients, the level of individuals' awareness of personal protection, and the number of daily contacts with healthy people. Since each country has different requirements, the model adjusts the results according to the input data that represents the capabilities of the country to which the system is applied.
The researchers from different disciplines at the university added some procedures to the model to determine the most effective way to reduce the spread of the disease, and they also evaluated some personal protection methods.
"Our aim was to develop an effective and uncomplicated model at the same time, so that it can be updated as soon as data is available, and used as a means of providing health policies for individuals and strategies to reduce the effects of HIV infection," Rodriguez said.