On average, how many people does one person with the novel coronavirus infect? Reduced to its most basic level, the answer to the question can tell whether the virus’s spread is unmanageable, ...
We published an article earlier this month that contained incorrect estimates for the basic reproduction number (R0) for COVID subvariants BA.4/BA.5 and BA.2. We have now corrected the error, but I ...
During the pandemic we have all become familiar with a lot of epidemiological concepts. One that was introduced to us early in 2020 is the “basic reproductive number”, or R0. This tells us about the ...
Scientists say there is no evidence that the BA.5 version of the Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible than measles, or that it has a basic reproduction number, or "R-naught" (R0), of 18.6 ...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic started with an outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, in December 2019. Since ...
Singapore's COVID-19 reproduction number is above 1. What does this mean and should we be concerned?
SINGAPORE: On Sep 6, COVID-19 multi-ministry task force co-chair Lawrence Wong talked about a number rarely heard thus far in Singapore's fight against the coronavirus. "What is of concern to us is ...
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