Before revision:  The model is verified using a case study based on the data in Kazakhstan, which is a country badly affected by this pandemic but has not been receiving much attention by the research community thus far . Finally, some forecasts are made using five scenarios with time-dependent control measures such that the effects of the control actions onto the transmission dynamics of the pandemic can be quantified and betterunderstood .
After revision:  The model is verified using a case study based on the data in Kazakhstan, which is a country badly affected by this pandemic but has not been receiving much attention by the research community thus far . Finally, some forecasts are made using four scenarios with time-dependent control measures such that the effects of the control actions onto the transmission dynamics of the pandemic can be quantified and betterunderstood .