Table 1.

Model parameters values/ranges. (Parameters taken from the literature are fixed and for other parameters a range of values are explored.)

parameter	values	refs
self-isolation probability	10–70%	[30]
self-reporting probability	10–70%
test sensitivity	35–65%	[31–33]
minimum isolation duration	1–14 days
maximum isolation duration	7, 14 days
contact tracing coverage (%)	40–80%
number of initial cases	20
symptomatic RS under physical distancing	1.3
asymptomatic RS under physical distancing	0.65
dispersion of RS, k	0.16	[12,34]
proportion asymptomatic	50%	[35,36]
delay: onset to isolation	1 day
incubation period (lognormal)	mean log: 1.43, s.d. log: 0.66	[37]
infection time (gamma)	shape: 2.12, rate: 0.69 d−1	[37]
infection time shift	12.98 days	[37]
time to trace contacts (days)	1 day
delay: isolate to test result	1 days