As provinces throughout Canada start to enter Phase 2 of its reopening, mathematical models can help predict and control the spread of COVID-19 with the help of contact tracing.
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New Zealand has “eliminated” COVID-19 “for now”, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has declared. Two key epidemiologists who worked on NZ’s elimination strategy explain the news, and the challenges ahead.
There’s now a 95% chance COVID-19 has been eliminated in NZ, according to our modelling. But as NZ prepares to remove limits on large gatherings, it increases the risk of a very large new outbreak.
National models on the spread of COVID-19 have helped us through this crisis. But we’ll need local models to get us through the next stage.
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury
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Research assistant, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor, Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University
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Associate professor, University of Canterbury
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Research scientist, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
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Associate Professor in Statistics, Durham University
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Professor of Sociology, FAcSS, Durham University
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Research scientist in mathematical modelling, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
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Adjunct professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago