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Table 1 Known and pre-specified parameter values

From: An epidemic model integrating direct and fomite transmission as well as household structure applied to COVID-19

Par

Description

Unit

Range

Germany

Sri Lanka

Reference

N

total population as of April 12, 2020

[ind]

83,726,366

21,395,610

[36]

\(N_{h}\)

average number of household members

[ind]

2.1

3.9

[37, 38]

\(\nu ^{-1}\)

quarantine period

[d]

5.2–20

14

14

[39]

\(\theta ^{-1}\)

incubation period

[d]

0–20

5.2

5.2

[6]

σ

duration of virus survival on a surface

[d]

0–9

3

3

[32]

\(H_{C}\)

number of local households

100

100

 

M

number of time grids in [−σ,0]

≥3

300

300