Corona measurements: what is the R value for?

[ad_1] AFP 1/8 On December 18, Federal President Simonetta Sommaruga, Health Minister Alain Berset (right) and Economy Minister Guy Parmelin announced a partial shutdown. keystone-sda.ch 2/8 This includes the closure of pubs and bars. keystone-sda.ch 3/8 The Minister of Health, Berset, bases his assessments, among other things, on the number …

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Corona: Switzerland’s problem with data

[ad_1] Image: shutterstock / Watson How Delayed and Missing Data Make Fighting Corona Difficult in Switzerland Benno Lichtsteiner / Keystone-SDA Data that is received too late or missing at all makes it difficult to fight the crown pandemic in Switzerland. The current figures would have been helpful, especially for a …

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Mid-December R-value subsequently downward corrected

[ad_1] The R-value indicates how many people a person who tested positive infects. When the Federal Council imposed a partial blockade, it assumed a relatively high R-value. For December 4, the R value was estimated at 1.13. That means an exponentially growing number of new infections. The value can only …

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