In this research article, the ANN approach was
applied to analyze daily new cases of COVID-19 in Serbia. This study is based
on daily new cases of COVID-19 in Serbia for the period 1 January 2020 – 25
March 2021. The out-of-sample forecast covers the period 26 March 2021 – 31
July 2021. The residuals and forecast evaluation criteria (Error, MSE and MAE)
of the applied model indicate that the model is stable in forecasting daily new
cases of COVID-19 in the country. It is projected that daily COVID-19 cases in
Serbia are likely to remain high over the out-of-sample period. We recommend
that the Serbian government should ensure adherence to lock-down measures and
also embrace the vaccination programme, while creating massive awareness about
the COVID-19 pandemic.
Country : Zimbabwe
1 Dr. Smartson. P. NYONI2 Mr. Thabani NYONI3 Mr. Tatenda. A. CHIHOHO
ZICHIRe Project, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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