Question

What is the basic reproductive number (R0)? Discuss in relation to coronavirus and indicate two measures that might be used to mitigate the outbreak?

Answer 1

suerit Basic Reprodutive Number: w " Epidemiology the basice reproductive number bey called (sometimes basic reasoductive ratio is incorrectly Basic reproduesive safe and the bedenoted Ro pronounced R nought of R zero) of an infektion can be thorough of as the expected number of cases directly generated by one cases in apopulation where all in dividuals are susceptible to infection. - the definition describe the state where no other individuals are infected of immunited. - Ro his not a biological constant for as a pathogen as it is also offected by other facters such as environmental condition and the behaviour of the infeeresd popmation. - The most importent cue cob Ro are delenmining if an . emergin infectiony disease com spread in a populations and determining what population should be immuniced a trough vaccination to eradicate a disease. The Basic Repsocluctive number is affected beer sener factors including the duration of infectivity of affected patient. such as in Disease Transmission Meastes Airborn polio 12-18 5-7 SARS feco-cral soute Airborne f droplet Airbone fdraplet 2-5 1. u-3-9 covid.ig

Mitigation igation measures the course of the covia-ig :- - Croverment from coron The econe - Keeping mo The ment death rement will not be able to cleans minimize both m Corona visus disease and 2015 (Covid-19) economic impact of vired spread aping mortality as low as possible will be th hegrest priosity for individual, hence goverme must put in place measun to ameliorante britable economic downturn. In own view .. - CoriD-1g has developed into a pendemic with chain of transmission in many contories and large chain resulting in extensive spread in few contories. - The course of an epidemic is define by a series of key factors, some of which are poosly understoode of present for corid wig. - The basic reproductive number Ro, which define The mean number of secondary cares generated by one primary case when the popiration largely susseptible to infection or more precisely the area under the epidemic carve. A key issue for issues for epidemiologist is helping policy marker decide the main objectives of mitigation esi minimizing morbidity and associated mortality sing avoiding an an epidemic epidemic peak Peak That that overwhelms health care services, Keeping the affect on the economy with 1 manageable levels. -..- please me read it & give me thumb thumb up. 2020.03.21 18: