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  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health Policy
  • Mathematical Modeling

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  • COVID-19 pandemic response involved diverse pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions.
  • Lockdowns were widely implemented to mitigate mortality, economic, and social costs, considering hospital capacity limits.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the costs and benefits of COVID-19 control strategies using optimal control theory.
  • To determine optimal policies for restricting social contact rates based on an age-structured disease model.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a minimal mathematical model based on optimal control theory.
  • Incorporated an age-structured model for disease dynamics.
  • Performed sensitivity analysis using data from Germany and the USA.

Main Results:

  • Optimal strategies vary, including targeted social distancing for vulnerable groups, partial lockdowns, and alternating shifts.
  • Broad, long-term lockdowns are generally suboptimal due to high socioeconomic costs and instability.
  • These optimized strategies significantly reduce mortality and/or socioeconomic losses.

Conclusions:

  • Targeted interventions are more effective than widespread, prolonged lockdowns for COVID-19 control.
  • Behavioral changes can complement top-down policies for enhanced pandemic mitigation.
  • Model findings offer robust policy recommendations across various parameters and initial conditions.