The Northern Territory reopened its borders less than three weeks ago, and since then COVID-19 case numbers and community transmission has surged. COVID-19 is spreading at such a rapid rate in the NT ...

As countries across Europe begin to lift lockdown restrictions, governments will be looking closely at the R number to monitor how quickly coronavirus is spreading in their country. The R number, ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, March 19 (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): The trend on daily number of Covid-19 cases in Brunei has shown a decline in the effective reproduction number (Rt) value from 0.95 in the past ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-won] Both the COVID-19 effective reproduction number and the proportion of suspected reinfection cases among weekly confirmed cases have slightly increased compared to ...

A team of researchers from the University of Washington recently investigated the transmission dynamics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 SARS-CoV-2 variants and reported that the ...

A few months ago, most people had never heard of the R number. Now, thanks to the novel coronavirus, we all know – or think we know – what it means. R is the reproduction number of an infectious ...