The effective reproductive number of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is several times relative to Delta

Ying Liu, Joacim Rocklöv

doi:10.1093/jtm/taac037

The effective reproductive number of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is several times relative to Delta

Ying Liu

School of International Business , , Zhangzhou, 363105, China
Joacim Rocklöv

Heidelberg Institute of Global Health & Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Computing , , Heidelberg, 69120, Germany

説明

<jats:p>Our review found the effective reproduction number and basic reproduction number of the Omicron variant elicited 3.8 and 2.5 times higher transmissibility than the Delta variant, respectively. The Omicron variant has an average basic and effective reproduction number of 8.2 and 3.6.</jats:p>