Coronavirus R0: What is the R number and why does it matter? – BBC News | VIDEO

Coronavirus R0: What is the R number and why does it matter? – BBC News


In the daily briefing earlier this week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said to avoid the “disaster” of a second peak the UK must keep the R rate below one.

But what is the R number and why does it matter? BBC health correspondent Laura Foster explains what governments are aiming for and why it matters.


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