Table 1.
Estimates of parameters and initial values of variables in model (1)
| Parameters | Definition | value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| c | Initial contact rate | 15 | Estimated |
| β | Probability of successful transmission | 0.1334 | Estimated |
| θ | Transmission probability reduction of asymptomatically infected individuals | 0.1 | Estimated |
| ρ | Ratio of symptomatic infection | 0.6 | Estimated |
| q | Quarantine rate of exposed individuals | 0.415 | Estimated |
| σ | Transition rate of exposed individuals to the infected class | 1/7 | [33] |
| λ | Rate at which the quarantined uninfected contacts are released | 1/14 | [22] |
| δI | Transition rate of symptomatically infected individuals to the quarantined infected class | 0.2257 | Estimated |
| δq | Transition rate of quarantined exposed individuals to the quarantined infected class | 0.2 | Estimated |
| γI | Recovery rate of symptomatically infected individuals | 0.02 | Estimated |
| γA | Recovery rate of asymptomatically infected individuals | 0.07 | Estimated |
| γH | Recovery rate of quarantined infected individuals | 0.0239 | Estimated |
| α | Disease-induced death rate | 0.013 | Estimated |
| N | The total population | 6.048×107 | Data |
| E(0) | Initial exposed population | 26 | Estimated |
| I(0) | Initial symptomatically infected population | 20 | Estimated |
| A(0) | Initial asymptomatically infected population | 5 | Estimated |
| Sq(0) | Initial quarantined susceptible population | 51 | Estimated |
| Eq(0) | Initial quarantined exposed population | 13 | Estimated |
| H(0) | Initial quarantined infected population | 3 | Data |
| R(0) | Initial recovered population | 0 | Data |