Coronavirus R0: Is this the crucial number?
The reproduction number is not fixed for all time, instead it changes as our behaviour changes or as immunity to the virus develops.
It's a bit technical, but by this point scientists refer to the Rt, rather than the R0, as the number is changing over time. "The reproduction number will be an important consideration," Dr Adam Kucharski, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the BBC. "Lockdown introduced all these measures at once so we haven't got a really good sense of how much each one contributes to the reduction," said Dr Kucharski.
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