A metropolitan-scale, three-dimensional agent-based model to assess the effectiveness of the COVID-19 Omicron wave interventions in a hyperdense city: a case study of Hong Kong | Zendy

Keumseok Koh | Zendy; Ka Chung Tang | Zendy; Kay W. Axhausen | Zendy; Becky P.Y. Loo | Zendy

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A metropolitan-scale, three-dimensional agent-based model to assess the effectiveness of the COVID-19 Omicron wave interventions in a hyperdense city: a case study of Hong Kong

Author(s) -

Keumseok Koh,

Ka Chung Tang,

Kay W. Axhausen,

Becky P.Y. Loo

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.06.042

Subject(s) - metropolitan area , covid-19 , scale (ratio) , psychological intervention , geography , regional science , medicine , cartography , virology , archaeology , nursing , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)

We simulated the COVID-19 Omicron spread in Hong Kong, China, by building a novel three-dimensional agent-based model that incorporates its vertically expanded, hyperdense urban environment. The model examined the effectiveness of the 'zero-COVID' interventions (i.e., Compulsory Universal Testing (CUT) and citywide lockdown) that were for debate during the Omicron wave in Hong Kong. We found that such stringent interventions would be effective only with even faster and stricter implementation. Therefore, flexible long-term strategies should also be considered to contain and prevent future infectious diseases.

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