UPDATE: Transmissibility estimates of #coronavirus #2019nCoV at 2.6
Identification & testing potential cases to be as extensive as permitted by healthcare & testing capacity
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So each case infected 2.6 people (uncertainty range: 1.5-3.5).
For comparison...
The influenza Asian A (H2N2) pandemic of 1957-1958 and Hong Kong A (H3N2) of 1968-1969 had estimated R0s in the 1.5–1.8 range and were considered to be of moderate transmissibility, while the influenza A (H1N1) of 1918–1919 had an estimated R0 in the range 1.8–2.4 and was considered to be highly transmissible (9, 20–23 ...Oct 30, 2009)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2880578/#idm140417581174272title