Explaining the R0 in the COVID-19 Projections

Amin Hussain and Shaper Mirza
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Amin Hussain: LUMS, & Visiting Fellow, PIDE
Shaper Mirza: Department of Biology, LUMS.

No 2020:18, PIDE COVID-19 Bulletins from Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

Abstract: A number doing the rounds is 0. It basically shows the number of people each infected person is going to infect over the course of his infection. Generally, this is used as an important identifier on whether the spread of infection is going to grow or recede over time. If 0 is more than 1, then it means that the infection is going to spread in the population, while if it is below 1, it should die out.

Keywords: Covid-19; Projections (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 07 pages
Date: 2020
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