新型コロナウイルスの基本再生産数は4.7~6.6で従来見積よりあがった

新型コロナウイルス　COVID-19 の基本再生産数の見積、4.7~6.6という新たな数字が報告されました。MedRxiv

従来見積の1.4~2.5より大きな数字です。

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.07.20021154v1

The Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, is Highly Contagious and More Infectious Than Initially Estimated

Steven Sanche, Yen Ting Lin, Chonggang Xu, Ethan Romero-Severson, Nick Hengartner,  View ORCID ProfileRuian Ke

doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.07.20021154

This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed [what does this mean?]. It reports new medical research that has yet to be evaluated and so should not be used to guide clinical practice.