Table 1.

Interpretation of parameters (per day).

Parameter	Description	Values
$\mathrm{\Pi }$	Rate of inflow of susceptible individuals into region	$3.3\times {10}^{-5}$b
$\beta$	Transmission Rate	$0.75$a
$\mu$	Rate of natural mortality	$3.4\times {10}^{-5}$b
l	Relative measure of reduced risk among diagnosed	$0.38$a
$\kappa$	Rate of progression from exposed to the infectives	$0.33$a
q	Relative measure of infectiousness for exposed individuals	$0.1$a
$\alpha$	Rate of progression from infective to diagnosed	$0.33$a
${\gamma }_1$	recovery rate of infected individuals	$0.125$a
${\gamma }_2$	recovery rate of diagnosed individuals	$0.2$a
$\delta$	SARS induced mortality rate	$0.006$a

^aChowell et al. [5]

^bGummel et al. [10]