Coronavirus or Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It is a viral disease that turned into a pandemic in early 2020. The first known case was recorded in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Coronavirus has multiple variants such as Delta and Omicron, and its most common symptoms are fever, chills and sore throat.
The virus spreads through liquid particles when the infected person coughs, sneezes or breathes – it has a high multiplication rate. Therefore, the world had taken measures to quarantine or isolate those infected. While the disease can be mild and recoverable, those older or with underlying medical conditions are more likely to be adversely affected. The disease caused according to WHO estimates 3 million deaths in 2020.
Have been waiting for the next report which was supposed to be published on 19th of April 2020.
I understand r0 of 1.55 to mean an infected person could infect another 1.55 person. But can anyone clarify under what conditions of exposure? I mean, how much time and distance it takes? We need some practical information here. For e.g. can a person in contact with a covid patient get infected within a minute of being within 1 meter or will need say a day of sustained exposure to a covid patient?
Institute of Mathematical Sciences is abbreviated as IMSc and not IMS.
R0 should be calculated in the begining of epidemic not in the middle of the outbreak. Authors should study effective reproduction number to draw the interference.
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