Real-Time Estimation of Rt for Supporting Public-Health Policies Against COVID-19

• Main Authors: Sebastián Contreras (Author), H. Andrés Villavicencio (Author), David Medina-Ortiz (Author), Claudia P. Saavedra (Author), Álvaro Olivera-Nappa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In the absence of a consensus protocol to slow down the spread of SARS-CoV-2, policymakers need real-time indicators to support decisions in public health matters. The Effective Reproduction Number (Rt) represents the number of secondary infections generated per each case and can be dramatically mod...