Jessica R E Bridgen

TL;DR: Using a transmission model, a basic reproductive number is estimated for Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and it is estimated that 58-76% of transmissions must be prevented to stop increasing.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a transmission model to estimate a basic reproductive number of 3.11 (95% CI, 2.39-4.13), indicating that 58-76% of transmissions must be prevented to stop increasing.

TL;DR: A wide range of spatial heterogeneity in COVID-19 epidemic distribution and infection rate exists in England currently, and the model used in this analysis is phenomenological for ease and speed of principled parameter inference, without attempting to enforce "SIR"-type epidemic dynamics.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors investigated the hospitalisation and mortality risks of COVID-19 cases with the Omicron sub-lineage BA.2 (n = 258,875) compared to BA.1 ( n = 984,337) in a large cohort study in England.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the risk of hospital admission is similar between BA.1 and BA.2 cases treated with Sotrovimab in the community, and there are concerns that it has reduced efficacy to treat people with the B.1.2 sub-lineage of the Omicron variant.