⁍ The ‘R’ number was 1.1-1.3, down from 1.2-1.4, the UK’s Government Office for Science said.
⁍ On average every 10 people infected will infect between 11 and 13 other people.
⁍ The estimated daily growth rate of the epidemic was +2% to +4%, down from +3% to +6% last week.
– The British government today reported that the number of people infected with a deadly strain of bird flu has dropped slightly for the second week in a row, Reuters reports. According to the UK’s Government Office for Science, the ” reproduction ‘R’ number” of bird flu in Britain has fallen from 1.2 to 1.1. That means that on average, every 10 people infected in Britain contract the virus.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-r/uk-r-number-edges-down-to-11-13-growth-rate-slows-idUSKBN27F20P