Volume 44, Issue 11 pp. 9334-9350
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Modeling of fractional-order COVID-19 epidemic model with quarantine and social distancing

Muhammad Farman

Muhammad Farman

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

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Muhammad Aslam

Muhammad Aslam

Key Laboratory and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China

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Ali Akgül

Corresponding Author

Ali Akgül

Art and Science Faculty, Department of Mathematics, Siirt University, Siirt, Turkey

Correspondence

Ali Akgül, Art and Science Faculty, Department of Mathematics, Siirt University, Siirt, Turkey.

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Communicated by: M. Efendiev

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Aqeel Ahmad

Aqeel Ahmad

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

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First published: 29 March 2021
Citations: 17

Abstract

Different countries of the world are facing a serious pandemic of corona virus disease (COVID-19). One of the most typical treatments for COVID-19 is social distancing, which includes lockdown; it will help to decrease the number of contacts for undiagnosed individuals. The main aim of this article is to construct and evaluate a fractional-order COVID-19 epidemic model with quarantine and social distancing. Laplace homotopy analysis method is used for a system of fractional differential equation (FDEs) with Caputo and Atangana–Baleanu–Caputo (ABC) fractional derivative. By applying the ABC and Caputo derivative, the numerical solution for fractional-order COVID-19 epidemic model is achieved. The uniqueness and existence of the solution is checked by Picard–Lindelof's method. The proposed fractional model is demonstrated by numerical simulation which is useful for the government to control the spread of disease in a practical way.

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