United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 84231
Coronavirus: Disease Control
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2 September 2020
Last action
10 September 2020 · Answer
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Answered
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Discovery layer
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10 September 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he makes of the accuracy of previous R estimates for the rate of covid-19 transmission when actual transmission rates become measurable.
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2 September 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he makes of the accuracy of previous R estimates for the rate of covid-19 transmission when actual transmission rates become measurable.
Source: Commons
10 September 2020
Answer
The reproduction number (R) is the average number of secondary infections produced by a single infected person.‘R’ is an average value that can vary in different parts of the country, communities, and subsections of the population. It cannot be measured d...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-02/84231
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1230632
- uk · wq-1230632 · source updated 10 September 2020