Transmissibility of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Chinese cities with different transmission dynamics of imported cases
Ka Chun Chong, Wei Cheng, Shi Zhao, Feng Ling, Kirran Mohammad, Maggie Wang, Benny Zee, Lei Wei, Xi Xiong, Hengyan Liu, Jingxuan Wang, Enfu Chen
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.15.20036541
Abstract
Background: Monitoring the time-varying reproduction number (Rt) of the disease is useful in determining whether there is sustained transmission in a population. In this study, we examined Rt of COVID-19 and compared its transmissibility between different intervention periods in Hangzhou and Shenzhen. Methods: Daily aggregated counts of confirmed imported and local cases between January 1, 2020 and March 13, 2020 were analysed. A likelihood function was constructed to estimate Rt, accounting for imported cases.
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