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   <dc:title>Analysis and prediction of COVID-19 for EU-EFTA-UK and other countries</dc:title>
   <dc:creator>Prats Soler, Clara</dc:creator>
   <dc:creator>Alonso Muñoz, Sergio</dc:creator>
   <dc:creator>Álvarez Lacalle, Enrique</dc:creator>
   <dc:creator>Marchena Angos, Miquel</dc:creator>
   <dc:creator>López Codina, Daniel</dc:creator>
   <dc:creator>Català Sabaté, Martí</dc:creator>
   <dc:creator>Cardona Iglesias, Pere Joan</dc:creator>
   <dc:contributor>Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física</dc:contributor>
   <dc:contributor>Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BIOCOM-SC - Grup de Biologia Computacional i Sistemes Complexos</dc:contributor>
   <dc:subject>Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ciències de la salut</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>SARS (Disease)</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Pandemics--prevention &amp; control</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Diseases--Mathematical models</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Coronaviruses</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>COVID-19 (Disease)</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>COVID-19</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Models matemàtics</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Epidemiologia -- Models matemàtics</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Epidèmies -- Predicció</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>COVID-19 (Malaltia)</dc:subject>
   <dc:description>The present report aims to provide a comprehensive picture of the pandemic situation of COVID‐19 in the&#xd;
EU countries, and to be able to foresee the situation in the next coming days.&#xd;
We employ an empirical model, verified with the evolution of the number of confirmed cases in previous&#xd;
countries where the epidemic is close to conclude, including all provinces of China. The model does not&#xd;
pretend to interpret the causes of the evolution of the cases but to permit the evaluation of the quality of&#xd;
control measures made in each state and a short-term prediction of trends. Note, however, that the effects&#xd;
of the measures’ control that start on a given day are not observed until approximately 7-10 days later.&#xd;
The model and predictions are based on two parameters that are daily fitted to available data:&#xd;
a: the velocity at which spreading specific rate slows down; the higher the value, the better the control. &#xd;
K: the final number of expected cumulated cases, which cannot be evaluated at the initial stages because growth is still exponential.&#xd;
We show an individual report with 8 graphs and a table with the short-term predictions for different&#xd;
countries and regions. We are adjusting the model to countries and regions with at least 4 days with more&#xd;
than 100 confirmed cases and a current load over 200 cases. The predicted period of a country depends on&#xd;
the number of datapoints over this 100 cases threshold, and is of 5 days for those that have reported more&#xd;
than 100 cumulated cases for 10 consecutive days or more. For short-term predictions, we assign higher&#xd;
weight to last 3 points in the fittings, so that changes are rapidly captured by the model. The whole&#xd;
methodology employed in the inform is explained in the last pages of this document.&#xd;
In addition to the individual reports, the reader will find an initial dashboard with a brief analysis of the&#xd;
situation in EU-EFTA-UK countries, some summary figures and tables as well as long-term predictions for&#xd;
some of them, when possible. These long-term predictions are evaluated without different weights to datapoints.&#xd;
We also discuss a specific issue every day.</dc:description>
   <dc:description>These reports are funded by the European Commission (DG CONNECT, LC-01485746)
PJC and MC received funding from “la Caixa” Foundation (ID 100010434), under agreement
LCF/PR/GN17/50300003; CP, DL, SA, MC, received funding from Ministerio de Ciencia,
Innovación y Universidades and FEDER, with the project PGC2018-095456-B-I00</dc:description>
   <dc:description>Postprint (author's final draft)</dc:description>
   <dc:date>2020-04-21</dc:date>
   <dc:type>External research report</dc:type>
   <dc:identifier>Prats Soler, C. [et al.]. "Analysis and prediction of COVID-19 for EU-EFTA-UK and other countries". 2020.</dc:identifier>
   <dc:identifier>https://hdl.handle.net/2117/184420</dc:identifier>
   <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
   <dc:relation>Daily Report; 38</dc:relation>
   <dc:relation>https://biocomsc.upc.edu/en/covid-19/daily-report</dc:relation>
   <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/DGCONNECT/LC-01485746</dc:relation>
   <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PGC2018-095456-B-I00/ES/COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING OF BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES AT MULTIPLE SCALES/</dc:relation>
   <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SPAIN/LCF/PR/GN17/50300003</dc:relation>
   <dc:rights>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/</dc:rights>
   <dc:rights>Open Access</dc:rights>
   <dc:rights>Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain</dc:rights>
   <dc:format>94 p.</dc:format>
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