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DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
The tail end of 2019 will never be forgotten due to the
coming-in of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China; which has continued to
threaten our lives and livelihoods. Just like any other country affected,
Slovakia is struggling to halt the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this
paper, the ANN approach was applied to analyze COVID-19 case volumes in
Slovakia. This study is based on daily new cases of COVID-19 in Slovakia 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 COVID-19 cases in Slovakia. The study showed that daily
COVID-19 cases in Slovakia are likely to remain significantly high over the
out-of-sample period. Control and preventive measures need to be strictly
followed and observed all the time, especially the vaccine roll-out programme;
alongside wearing of masks, regular washing of hands as well as social
distancing among other things.
Country : Zimbabwe
IRJIET, Volume 5, Issue 6, June 2021 pp. 567-571