Transmission potential and severity of COVID-19 in South Korea
By E. Shim, A. Tariq, Wongyeong Choi, Yiseul Lee, Gerardo Chowell. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
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Highlights • COVID-19 caused 6284 cases and 42 deaths in South Korea as of March 6, 2020.• The mean reproduction number Rt of COVID-19 in Korea was estimated at 1.5.• The crude case fatality rate is higher among males and increases with age.• Sustained disease transmission of COVID-19 in the region is suggested.• Our estimates support the implementation of social distancing measures in Korea.
Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Modeling and Simulation, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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- Modelling transmission and control of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia (2020, background): “with seven out of the top eight aected nations settling around this rate after a noisy transient (except South Korea where the initial growth had the cluster nature, following a superspreading event [56]). Another key constraint was a low attack rate in children, A c, i.e., our output variable y 4, ”