Dynamics of a Model of Coronavirus Disease with Fear Effect, Treatment Function, and Variable Recovery Rate

Autor: Rubayyi T. Alqahtani, Abdelhamid Ajbar, Nadiyah Hussain Alharthi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Mathematics, Vol 12, Iss 11, p 1678 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 12111678
2227-7390
DOI: 10.3390/math12111678
Popis: In this work, we developed, validated, and analysed the behaviour of a compartmental model of COVID-19 transmission in Saudi Arabia. The population was structured into four classes: susceptible (S), exposed (E), infectious (I), and removed (R) individuals. This SEIR model assumes a bilinear incidence rate and a nonlinear recovery rate that depends on the quality of health services. The model also considers a treatment function and incorporates the effect of fear due to the disease. We derived the expression of the basic reproduction number and the equilibrium points of the model and demonstrated that when the reproduction number is less than one, the disease-free equilibrium is stable, and the model predicts a backward bifurcation. We further found that when the reproduction number is larger than one, the model predicts stable periodic behaviour. Finally, we used numerical simulations with parameter values fitted to Saudi Arabia to analyse the effects of the model parameters on the model-predicted dynamic behaviours.
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