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These data are available upon reasonable request from the respective data owners. Model parameters and assumptions are fully described within the manuscript and supplementary materials.","order":3,"name":"Ethics","label":"Data Availability Statement","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Declarations"}},{"value":"Peter Yong Sheng Ong: data curation, formal analysis, investigation, methodology and writing\u2014original draft; Hwee Lin Wee: conceptualization, methodology, supervision and writing\u2014review and editing; Tun-Linn Thein: conceptualization and writing\u2014review and editing; Yee-Sin Leo: conceptualization and writing\u2014review and editing; David Chien Boon Lye: conceptualization and writing\u2014review and editing; Jue Tao Lim: conceptualization and writing\u2014review and editing; Annelies Wilder-Smith: conceptualization and writing\u2014review and editing; Yi Wang: methodology and writing\u2014review and editing; Borame L Dickens: conceptualization, investigation, methodology, supervision and writing\u2014review and editing. All authors read and approved the final version.","order":4,"name":"Ethics","label":"Author Contributions","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Declarations"}},{"value":"The model code used for the decision tree analysis will be provided as supplementary material upon publication.","order":5,"name":"Ethics","label":"Code Availability","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Declarations"}},{"value":"Not applicable.","order":6,"name":"Ethics","label":"Consent to Participate","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Declarations"}},{"value":"Not applicable.","order":7,"name":"Ethics","label":"Consent for Publication","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Declarations"}}]}}