Epidemic of COVID-19

[8-A-02] A spatial sampling design for efficient estimation of the parameters of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic

Giorgio Alleva¹, Giuseppe Arbia², Pietro Demetrio Falorsi⁴, *Vincenzo Nardelli³, Alberto Zuliani⁵ (1. Sapienza University of Rome, 2. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, 3. Bicocca University, Milan, 4. Former Director of Methodology at Istat and International Consultant, 5. Emeritus Professor, Sapienza University of Rome)

Keywords:Covid-19 diffusion, relative efficiency, epidemic monitoring, health surveillance system, sampling design