Preemptive periodic epidemic control reduces life and healthcare system costs without aggravation of social and economic losses

no code implementations • 6 Apr 2021 • Giuseppe De Nicolao, Marta Colaneri, Alessandro Di Filippo, Franco Blanchini, Paolo Bolzern, Patrizio Colaneri, Giulia Giordano, Raffaele Bruno

Many countries are managing COVID-19 epidemic by switching between lighter and heavier restrictions.

Vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 variants: how much containment is still needed? A quantitative assessment

no code implementations • 17 Feb 2021 • Giulia Giordano, Marta Colaneri, Alessandro Di Filippo, Franco Blanchini, Paolo Bolzern, Giuseppe De Nicolao, Paolo Sacchi, Raffaele Bruno, Patrizio Colaneri

Despite the progress in medical care, combined population-wide interventions (such as physical distancing, testing and contact tracing) are still crucial to manage the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, aggravated by the emergence of new highly transmissible variants.