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Impact of the Euro 2020 championship on the spread of COVID-19
Jonas Dehning, Sebastian B. Mohr, Sebastian Contreras +5
Large-scale events like the UEFA Euro~2020 football (soccer) championship offer a unique opportunity to quantify the impact of gatherings on the spread of COVID-19, as the number a…
Interplay between risk perception, behaviour, and COVID-19 spread
Philipp Dönges, Joel Wagner, Sebastian Contreras +9
Pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have been crucial for controlling COVID-19. They are complemented by voluntary health-protective behaviour, building a co…
The winter dilemma
Sebastian Contreras, Philipp Dönges, Joel Wagner +8
With winter coming in the northern hemisphere, disadvantageous seasonality of SARS-CoV-2 requires high immunity levels in the population or increasing non-pharmaceutical interventi…
Mutational signatures and transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 Gamma and Lambda variants
Karen Y. Oróstica, Sebastian Contreras, Sebastian B. Mohr +12
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern endangers the long-term control of COVID-19, especially in countries with limited genomic surveillance. In this work, we explored ge…
Relaxing restrictions at the pace of vaccination increases freedom and guards against further COVID-19 waves
Simon Bauer, Sebastian Contreras, Jonas Dehning +5
Mass vaccination offers a promising exit strategy for the COVID-19 pandemic. However, as vaccination progresses, demands to lift restrictions increase, despite most of the populati…
Low case numbers enable long-term stable pandemic control without lockdowns
Sebastian Contreras, Jonas Dehning, Sebastian B. Mohr +3
The traditional long-term solutions for epidemic control involve eradication or population immunity. Here, we analytically derive the existence of a third viable solution: a stable…