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. 2021 Mar 25;2021(3):CD013717. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013717.pub2

Grannell 2020.

Study characteristics
Study design Mathematical modelling study
  • Description: two region SEIR model for the Island of Ireland

    • Standard four compartments are used (susceptible, exposed, infected, and recovered)

    • Model accounts for interaction between the border regions of Ireland and Northern Ireland

Disease COVID‐19
Travel‐related control measure(s) Border closure 
  • Closing of border from the first day of the epidemic for international travelers


Date of implementation: first day of the epidemic
Country implementing the measure(s) Country protected by the measure: Ireland and Northern Ireland
Country restricted by the measure: Ireland and Northern Ireland
Outcome(s) Shift in epidemic development due to the measure
  • Outcome 1: days to epidemic peak

  • Outcome 2: Proportion of population infected at peak

    • Follow‐up: n.r.

Notes COI: n.r.
Funding: n.r.