Official Covid R rate as high as 1.4 - as Delta variant cases treble

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Official Covid R rate as high as 1.4

Two MONKEYPOX cases and outbreak of drug-resistant tuberculosis found in UKTROPICAL VIRUSThe 25 areas placed on Delta variant watchlist - as strain ‘60% more infectious’NEW OUTBREAKAn R rate below 1 is good as it means the spread of the virus is slowing.

If a virus has an R rate of three, it means that every sick person will pass the disease on to three other people if no containment measures are introduced. It's also worth pointing out that the R number is a measure of how infectious a disease is, but not how deadly. Based on estimates, the R rate can only be used as a guide rather than an up-to-the-minute representation of the pandemic.

 

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