Mathematical Modelling of Covid-19 using modified SEIRS Model
Default parameters
Transmission rate (β) Transmission rate is the probability of transmitting disease between a susceptible and an infectious individual
Birth rate (μ) Ratio of number of births in one year to the total population
Death rate (λ) Ratio of number of deaths in one year to the total population
Proportion of vaccinated population (V) Ratio of the vaccinated population to the total population.
Proportion of non vaccinated population (NV) Ratio of the non-vaccinated population to the total population.
Rate of movement from Exposed with vaccinated to Infected with symptomatic (σSV) Ratio of number of individuals moved from EV to IS per day to the population of EV
Rate of movement from Exposed with vaccinated to Infected with asymptomatic (σAV) Ratio of number of individuals moved from EV to IAS per day to the population of EV
Rate of movement from Exposed with non vaccinated to Infected with symptomatic (σSNV) Ratio of number of individuals moved from ENV to IS per day to the population of ENV
Rate of movement from Exposed with non vaccinated to Infected with asymptomatic (σANV) Ratio of number of individuals moved from ENV to IAS per day to the population of ENV
Death rate from Infected with symptomatic compartment (αS) Ratio of number of deaths from IS per day to the population of IS
Death rate from Infected with asymptomatic compartment (αAS) Ratio of number of deaths from IAS per day to the population of IAS
Recovery rate from Infected with symptomatic compartment (γS) Ratio of number of individuals recovered from IS per day to the population of IS
Recovery rate from Infected with asymptomatic compartment (γAS) Ratio of number of individuals recovered from IAS per day to the population of IAS
Rate of losing immunity against the disease (ω) Ratio of number of individuals in R losing immunity per day to the population of R
Total time steps (days) to display Total number of time (days) to display the graphs
Input values
Susceptible (S)
Exposed with vaccinated (EV)
Exposed with non vaccinated (ENV)
Infected with symptomatic (IS)
Infected with asymptomatic (IAS)
Recovered (R)


SEIRS Compartmental model

Mathematical representations of infectious diseases include compartment-based SEIR and SEIRS models. These models are represented using coupled differential equations that capture the flow of populations from one compartment to another. While these models have been used for several infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, Dengue fever, and COVID-19, the models do not generally incorporate compartments for vaccinated populations, asymptomatic infections, and the possibility of reinfection.

This modified Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Recovered-Susceptible (SEIRS) compartment model for COVID-19 disease incorporates the compartments for exposed vaccinated and non-vaccinated populations, and those with symptomatic and asymptomatic infections. In this work, we present a modified SEIRS model that consists of six compartments:

  1. Susceptible
  2. Exposed to vaccination
  3. Exposed with non-vaccination
  4. Infected persons with symptoms
  5. Asymptomatic infected
  6. Recovered

Transition diagram of modified six compartmental SEIRS model to predict the infections of disease spread.

The modified SEIRS model can be represented using a set of coupled differential equations:

𝑑𝑠/𝑑𝑡 = 𝜇𝑁+ 𝜔𝑅 − 𝜆𝑆 − ((𝑉𝛽𝐼S 𝑆)/𝑁) − (((𝑁𝑉)𝛽𝐼S 𝑆)/𝑁)

(𝑑𝐸V)/𝑑𝑡 = ((𝑉𝛽𝐼S𝑆)/𝑁) − (𝜆 + 𝜎𝑆𝑉 + 𝜎𝐴𝑉)𝐸V

(𝑑𝐸NV)/𝑑𝑡 = (((𝑁𝑉)𝛽𝐼S𝑆)/𝑁) − (𝜆 + 𝜎𝑆𝑁𝑉 + 𝜎𝐴𝑁𝑉)𝐸NV

(𝑑𝐼S)/𝑑𝑡 = 𝜎SV𝐸V + 𝜎𝑆𝑁𝑉 𝐸𝑁𝑉 − (𝜆 + 𝛼S + 𝛾𝑆)𝐼S

(𝑑𝐼AS)/𝑑𝑡 = 𝜎𝐴𝑉𝐸V + 𝜎𝐴𝑁𝑉𝐸𝑁𝑉 − (𝜆 + 𝛼𝐴𝑆 + 𝛾𝐴𝑆)𝐼𝐴𝑆

(𝑑𝑅)/𝑑𝑡 = 𝛾S𝐼S + 𝛾𝐴𝑆𝐼𝐴𝑆 − (𝜆+𝜔)𝑅

where
λ is the natural death rate
μ is the natural birth rate
β is the contact rate
V is the fraction of the population vaccinated against the infectious disease
NV is the fraction without the vaccine so that V + NV = 1
αS and αAS are the death rates due to the infectious disease for symptomatic and asymptomatic infections, respectively
γS and γAS are the recovery rates for the symptomatic and asymptomatic infections, respectively
σSV , σSNV , σAV , σANV are the rates of transition from exposed to infected compartments
ω is the fraction of recovered persons who lose immunity and become susceptible to infection again