Basic reproduction number and effective reproduction number for North Cyprus for fighting Covid-19

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to show how North Cyprus fought with Covid-19 by using R₀ and R_t, as herd immunity. For that purpose, we used a SEIR model for basic reproduction number, R₀, and calculated R_t values by using R₀ values. North Cyprus is the first country in Europe to free from Covid-19 epidemic. One of the most important reasons for this is that the government decided to tackle Covid-19 pandemic by using R₀ and R_t daily. For R₀, we constructed a new SEIR model by using real data for North Cyprus. From March 11, 2020 to May 15, 2020, R0 varies from 0.65 to 2.38.