About the Authors

Jair Andrade

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

jair.andrade@nuigalway.ie

Affiliation Data Science Institute and School of Computer Science, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland

Jim Duggan

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Computer Science, Ryan Institute and Data Science Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: 1. Prof. Jim Duggan is a member of the WHO Global Outbreak and Response Network (GOARN), through the involvement of the National University of Ireland Galway as a GOARN partner. (NGO) 2. Prof. Jim Duggan is a member of the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group (IEMAG), and in this volunteering role, provides modelling advice to the Department of Health, Ireland. Also, the work presented is independent of (1) and has only benefited from an aggregated data set received from (2).