Table 2 Description of the parameters of the model

Π

Recruitment rate

1.7

1/μ

Average life of human

63

β

Transmission rate of disease

0.20–0.39

ψ _H

Modification parameter for infection rate

of high risk susceptible individuals

1.2–2

δ _I

Disease-induced death rate of infected individuals

0.10

δ _H

Disease-induced death rate of hospitalized

individuals

0.5

θ _I

Recovery rate of infected individuals

0.10

θ _H

Recovery rate of hospitalized individuals

0.20

α

Rate at which latent individuals become infectious

0.10

τ

Hospitalization rate for infected individuals

0.16

η

Modification parameter for relative infectiousness

of hospitalized individuals

1.0–1.5