Mathematical Approaches to Analysing the COVID-19 Pandemic and Preventive Measures

Abstract: One of the most effective techniques for exploring the wide range of intervention tactics, working out the basic rate of reproduction, and predicting the spread of disease is mathematical modelling. This work analyses the mathematical models used to study the dynamics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission. We searched four internet databases for studies that employed a mathematical modelling approach based on compartmental models to assess the COVID-19 transmission kinetics. Eligible for inclusion was research that used compartmental models to describe COVID-19 transmission that was published in English in preprints and peer-reviewed publications between December 30, 2019, and May 25, 2020. This time frame was selected for the constraint because it coincided with the onset and peak of the epidemic in numerous nations around the globe.