Abstract:We model the observed dynamics of COVID-19 in Mexico and Peru and explore the impact of hypothetical non-pharmaceutical interventions applied on key days of civic, religious, or political nature that increased contacts and transmission events. Using as a baseline the observed epidemic curve, we apply hypothetical reductions in the contact rates during the first year of the pandemic: i) near the beginning, ii) at the beginning of the second outbreak, and iii) end of the year. The effects of the interventions ar… Show more
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