Scientists at Imperial College London have estimated that each person infected with the Wuhan coronavirus has gone on to infect two to three people, according to a report released Saturday.
A medical staff member takes the temperature of a man at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital on January 25. Hector Retaamal/AFP/Getty Images
“This implies that control measures need to block well over 60% of transmission to be effective in controlling the outbreak,” it added.
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