The reproductive number of COVID-19 is higher compared to SARS coronavirus

  • Liu, Ying
  • Gayle, Albert A
  • Wilder-Smith, Annelies
  • Rocklöv, Joacim

  • 1School of International Business, Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College, Zhangzhou, 363105, China

    2Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Section of Sustainable Health, Umeå University, SE-90187 Umeå, Sweden

    3Heidelberg Institute of Public Health, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130/3, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

    4Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, SE-90187 Umeå, Sweden

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Teaser: Our review found the average R0 for COVID-19 to be 3.28, which exceeds WHO estimates from 1.4 to 2.5.

Journal of Travel Medicine 27(2):p taaa021, March 2020. | DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa021
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