What is the coronavirus reproduction number 'R'?

Name: What is the coronavirus reproduction number 'R'?
Uploaded: 2020-11-25T15:43:39+00:00
Duration: 4 min 15 s
Channel: DW (English)
Description: The reproduction number 'R' is used to determine how fast the coronavirus spreads through a given community. But what exactly does this number mean? And what is its significance? Professor Dirk Brockmann of Berlin's Humboldt University explains.

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The reproduction number 'R' is used to determine how fast the coronavirus spreads through a given community. But what exactly does this number mean? And what is its significance? Professor Dirk Brockmann of Berlin's Humboldt University explains.

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