[Chine] Coronavirus: infection rate in US and Wuhan higher than previously thought

Auteur : Stephen Chen, journaliste du journal South China Morning Post à Pékin

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Date et Heure : 30 septembre 2020, 12:00

– Modelling by Chinese data scientists finds the basic reproduction number around 8 for earliest outbreak in China and in recent months in America

– Team suggests transmission in hospitals is different from those in the community

Source : Stephen Chen, “Coronavirus: infection rate in US and Wuhan higher than previously thought”, South China Morning Post, 30/09/2020. URL : https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3103541/coronavirus-infection-rate-us-and-wuhan-higher-previously (consulté le 30/09/2020).

Article de référence :

Hongjun Zhu, Jiangping Huang, Xin Liu, “Base Reproduction Number of COVID-19: Statistic Analysis”, MedRxiv, 28/09/2020. DOI : https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.26.20202010 (consulté le 30/09/2020).

Photo “à la une” : People in Wuhan are out and about wearing masks on September 27, 2020. A new study by Chinese data scientists say in the early days of the outbreak in Wuhan, the virus reproduction number was 7.9. © AFP

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