The reproductive number of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 is far higher compared to the ancestral SARS-CoV-2 virus

Journal of Travel Medicine - Tập 28 Số 7 - 2021
Ying Liu1, Joacim Rocklöv2
1School of International Business, Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College, Zhangzhou, 363105, China
2Section of Sustainable Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå SE-90187, Sweden

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The Delta variant is now replacing all other SARS-CoV-2 variants. We found a mean R0 of 5.08, which is much higher than the R0 of the ancestral strain of 2.79. Rapidly ramping up vaccine coverage rates while enhancing public health and social measures is now even more urgent and important.

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