A two-stage location model covering COVID-19 sampling, transport and DNA diagnosis: design of a national scheme for infection control
Wang Fei,
Lv Jiamin,
Wang Chunting
et al.
Abstract:During the COVID-19 pandemic, a system was established in China that required testing of all residents for COVID-19. It consisted of sampling stations, laboratories capable of carrying out DNA investigations and vehicles carrying out immediate transfer of all samples from the former to the latter. Using Beilin District, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, China as example, we designed a genetic algorithm based on a two-stage location coverage model for the location of the sampling stations with regard to existing re… Show more
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