Forecasting of COVID-19 infections in E7 countries and proposing some policies based on the Stringency Index
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Forecasting, mathematical modeling, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Stringency Index
Abstract
COVID-19 infection data of Emerging 7 (E7) countries, namely Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, and Turkey were described by an empirical model or a special case of this empirical model. Near-future forecasts were also performed. Moreover, the causalities between the Stringency Index’s indicators and total cases in E7 countries in COVID-19 period were examined. Countries were grouped as “stationary,” “transition,” and “exponential” based on the data and model fits. The proposed models produced good fits to the COVID-19 data of E7 countries and it was possible to predict the number of cases in the near future. Some policies to control total cases in E7 countries were also proposed in the final phase of this study based on the findings and forecasting in these countries.
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Ä°hsan Erdem Kayral, Konya Food and Agriculture University, Konya, Turkey
Department of Economics, Konya Food and Agriculture University, Konya, Turkey
Sencer Buzrul, Konya Food and Agriculture University, Konya, Turkey
Department of Food Engineering, Konya Food and Agriculture University, Konya, Turkey