From: Vulnerability of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to COVID-19: quantitative insights
Risk factor | Consequence | Effect on R0 parameters |
---|---|---|
Crowded physical environment | • Increased contacts between households | • Increase in the contact rate (c) |
• Increased contacts within households | • Increase in the contact rate (c) | |
• Short physical distance between members of a household | • Increase in the probability of transmission (p) | |
• Inability to isolate or quarantine | • Increase in the duration of infectiousness (D) | |
Inadequate access to clean water | • Precludes hand/face washing and surfaces cleaning | • Increase in the probability of transmission (p) |
Inadequate access to protective measures such as masks | • Increased spread of respiratory droplets | • Increase in the probability of transmission (p) |
Inadequate access to health care | • Precludes diagnosis and isolation | • Increase in the duration of infectiousness (D) |
Inadequate community awareness | • Delay to isolate or quarantine | • Increase in the duration of infectiousness (D) |