Real-Time Estimation of Rt for Supporting Public-Health Policies Against COVID-19

In the absence of a consensus protocol to slow down the spread of SARS-CoV-2, policymakers need real-time indicators to support decisions in public health matters. The Effective Reproduction Number (Rt) represents the number of secondary infections generated per each case and can be dramatically mod...

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Main Authors: Sebastián Contreras, H. Andrés Villavicencio, David Medina-Ortiz, Claudia P. Saavedra, Álvaro Olivera-Nappa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.556689/full