Are quarantines always good? Modeling the spread of epidemics in Cauayan City using complex networks

Authors

  • Alva Presbitero ⋅ PH Asian Institute of Management
  • Jesus Felix Valenzuela ⋅ PH Asian Institute of Management

Abstract

Coronavirus disease or COVID-19, the disease that toppled the normalcy of the world and made its appearance back in January 2020, has created a huge impact in all aspects of life. Implementing quarantines are often the initial step in containing the rapid spread of the disease in a society. In this work, we look into how the structure of the road network comes into play in the spread of the disease such as COVID-19 in a city like Cauayan, Isabela by utilizing concepts from complex networks. We show that randomly or blindly implementing quarantines, to a certain extent, can fuel the spread of infection, leading to a performance worse than without its implementation.

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Article ID

SPP-2020-1C-03

Section

Complex Systems and Data Analytics

Published

2020-10-19

How to Cite

[1]
A Presbitero and JF Valenzuela, Are quarantines always good? Modeling the spread of epidemics in Cauayan City using complex networks, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 38, SPP-2020-1C-03 (2020). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/4611.