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UK COVID R number falls sharply, likely below 1, government says

Published 22/01/2021, 13:45
Updated 22/01/2021, 13:50
© Reuters. Pedestrians walk near public health signs, whilst the reproduction "R" number of COVID-19 infections in the United Kingdom has risen and may be above 1, London, Britain

LONDON (Reuters) - The estimated COVID-19 R number in the UK has dropped sharply and is likely to be below one, the British health ministry said on Friday, with the pandemic estimated to be shrinking by as much as 4% a day.

The latest R estimate for the whole of the UK is between 0.8 and 1.0, down from a range of 1.2 to 1.3 last week, meaning that on average, every 10 people infected will infect between 8 and 10 other people.

The growth rate estimate for the UK is between -4% and -1%, the health ministry said. Last week it was estimated to be growing by +2% to +5%.

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what's going on, death ratio is increasing day by day
There is roughly a two week delay between someone becoming sick and dying... Deaths will continue to rise for a little while but cases are still very high albeit falling
Christmas deaths are gone and the news reporters don't say anything a lot of the deaths could have been prevented and also the NHS failing to care for covid 19 patients as no one can witness what's going on all shambles.
Try again in english please?
Christmas deaths are gone and the news reporters don't say anything a lot of the deaths could have been prevented and also the NHS failing to care for covid 19 patients as no one can witness what's going on all shambles.
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Its Lockdown people dont test, so that should be expected.
Nano technology in vaccines that manipulates the bodies through 5G radiation is a myth or truth? My question is AstrraZenica making vaccines who have over 30 suing Court cases for producing and supplying such as India with posionus vaccines and many have died or been affected by mutations of unknown. With Bill Gates foundation who is the investor, paying Chris Whitty chief medical officer 36million pounds in 2018. Who is making our decisions in this corrupt magnetic evil force that we are all in verge of destitution poverty because of these evil wretched wicked Devils?
He is.
lol you are clearly unwell mate
Grow up. It jibberish like this which undermines legitimate questioning of governments. Let me guess, you have a low standard of education, you are incapable of critical or objective thinking and you believe in this nonsense because somebody bamboozled you with big and ‘sciency’ words that you have never heard before and didnt have the capacity to dismiss it.
If Boris says it’s 1, it’s probably 4.
im sure boris isnt plucking numbers from his ******* it really doesn't matter who is leading, its a war on something you cant see. all he can go off is the scientific advise and stats.
nice place
The BIG question is ‘ what are they hiding ‘ remember what Bill Gates said recently about the worlds population.... lies just not in our country but all over the world maybe? 🤫🤫
Get help
We as humans don’t have enough resources to answer to this. The speech held by Bill Gates years ago it could be a coincidence. We don’t have to panic for everything now. Anticonformism isn’t the solution.
in earlier days it was country's govt vs another country's govt.nowadsys all govts are aligned and engaged with corporates to wage war against commoners
Thats really convenient isn't amazing 2 days in office for Joe Biden and the BLM movement has dispersed and now Coronavirus is going away. he is the best president ever. 🤔
Yeah the coronavirus crisis will rapidly diminish now in US, it's done its job
I would not believe a word the british government says. They are historically the biggest liers on earth and this is yet another lie. How could the R rate be so low all of a sudden??
If people don't like the government just emirate
I meant emigrate of course
‘Historically the biggest liers on earth’. Does that include the DPRK, USSR and the CCP and Bill Clinton?. The R number is estimate based on the available data at the time. Come on son, get a grip, or an education.
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