, we estimated the R_0 of phase 2 COVID-19 pandemic in Italy and is equal to 2.83 (95% CI: 1.5–4.2) which is higher than the first reproduction value (R_0 = 2.2) observed in Wuhan by the result of direct contact tracing. Also, we projected the country epidemic size under different R_0 values. In this study, we modelled the latest COVID-19 outbreak of Italy and estimate the reproduction number (R_0) status of the present epidemic. This proves that Italy becoming the latest European nation for announcing new measures for stopping the spread of novel corona virus. However, from October situation seems out of control because of the appearance of 247,369 (as of 27 October) new cases only in this month. In the second half of August, cases started to rise again with more than 6000 cases per week. After these mitigation measures, the epidemic curve has appeared steadily till July. When the first COVID-19 epidemic has raised to start in March, the Italian government announced a serious lockdown to control the pandemic severity. Italy is also not exceptional for this condition. Most of the countries are already declared that a high number of daily cases are recording now than they seemed during the first epidemic wave of the year 2020. The European countries are exposing to the resurgence of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases after effectively controlling the early outbreaks this year.
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