“…In epidemiology, the application of mathematics and computer approaches is gaining popularity. It has been a hot topic for scholars for decades, and many techniques are employed to describe or explain the dynamics of various infectious illnesses in terms of mathematical equations [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] . In addition, the notion of optimal control is used to these mathematical models, which has been shown to be effective in the prevention of many pandemic outbreaks in various parts of the world at various times [22] , [23] .…”