ISSS608 2017-18 T1 Assign LIM LIANG DANNY Containment
Smartpolis Epidemic Outbreak
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Was the epidemic outbreak contained?
Containment of Respiratory Viral Outbreak
The respiratory viral outbreak is pretty much concentrated in Downtown and Uptown area and spread across other zones in the city. As people commutes to and back from work and for recreational purpose, respiratory infection is easily spread through human interaction.
From the line graph above, the no. of cases reported in most of the city zone has drop on 20 May after the surge on 19 May. This could be a sign of containment where the viral outbreak is under control.
However, while every otehr cityzone is havig a drop in reported case, the population density line graph shows that there is a surge in Reported Case to Population Density ratio in Smugtown on 20 May. The surge is highly possible due to the fact that it is where the grounz zero location for the resporitory outbreak and people residing there are continuing to get sick becuase of the smoke they inhale during the last 3 days since the explosion.
Recommendation: To mobilize emergency personnel to be deployed at Smugtown to prevent another similar outbreak ion Downtown and Uptown area. Additionally, more medical personnel can be deployed across all 13 hospital who are already recieving an influx of respiratory infected patients. Ideally, to seperate them from the the rest of the public to prevent further outbreak within the hospital.
Containment of Gastrointestinal Viral Outbreak
The gastrointestinal viral outbreak is pretty much contained and kept within Plainville, Smogtown, Villa and Westside that are situated along the both side of the river bank. However, there is yet to have any sign of decline in the number of case reported as ther is only 2 days of data after the outbreak. As such, there is still a possibility that it may be the gastrointestinal infections are not under control and will spread outside the infected area towards Downtown.
Recommendation: To mobilize emergency personnel to be deployed at Smugtown to prevent further spread of the gastrointestinal infections and keep resident away from the Vast river for the next 3 days till the containminated water are cleared downstream.
