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Tang, Shirley Gee Hoon and Hasnul Hadi, Muhamad Haziq and Arsad, Siti Rosilah and Ker, Pin Jern and Ramanathan, Santhi and Mohd Afandi, Nayli Aliah and Mohd Afzal, Madihah and Yaw, Mei Wyin and Krishnan, Prajindra Sankar and Chen, Chai Phing and Tiong, Sieh Kiong (2022) Prerequisite for COVID-19 Prediction: A Review on Factors Affecting the Infection Rate. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (20). p. 12997. ISSN 1660-4601

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Abstract

Since the year 2020, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as the dominant topic of discussion in the public and research domains. Intensive research has been carried out on several aspects of COVID-19, including vaccines, its transmission mechanism, detection of COVID-19 infection, and its infection rate and factors. The awareness of the public related to the COVID-19 infection factors enables the public to adhere to the standard operating procedures, while a full elucidation on the correlation of different factors to the infection rate facilitates effective measures to minimize the risk of COVID-19 infection by policy makers and enforcers. Hence, this paper aims to provide a comprehensive and analytical review of different factors affecting the COVID-19 infection rate. Furthermore, this review analyses factors which directly and indirectly affect the COVID-19 infection risk, such as physical distance, ventilation, face masks, meteorological factor, socioeconomic factor, vaccination, host factor, SARS-CoV-2 variants, and the availability of COVID-19 testing. Critical analysis was performed for the different factors by providing quantitative and qualitative studies. Lastly, the challenges of correlating each infection risk factor to the predicted risk of COVID-19 infection are discussed, and recommendations for further research works and interventions are outlined.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	COVID-19, face mask, infection rate, meteorological factor, physical distance, socioeconomic factor, vaccination
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology
Divisions:	Faculty of Business (FOB)
Depositing User:	Ms Nurul Iqtiani Ahmad
Date Deposited:	09 Jan 2023 03:49
Last Modified:	09 Jan 2023 03:49
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/10852

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