“…In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the scientific community has acted fast to better understand the epidemiological, biological, immunological, and virological aspects of the SARS-CoV-2. Mathematical models have played a significant role to support public health preparedness and response efforts against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic [ 2 – 6 , 19 , 21 , 23 , 30 , 32 – 34 , 39 , 50 , 55 , 68 , 84 , 86 , 88 , 89 , 91 ]. From the start of the pandemic, modelers have attempted to forecast the spread of COVID-19 in terms of the expected number of infections, deaths, hospital beds, intensive care units, and other health-care resources.…”