Omicron Variant Latest Update ... “There are 2 parts to the virus to worry about-infectivity and virulence. The R0 factor may be 12-18 times or even higher. It means it could be a very ...

Whereas, the R0 value of the original strain, that emerged in 2019-20, was 3.0-3.3. The BA.5 strain of Omicron also had the same R0 value of 18.6. “There is a quicker infection rate of this ...

R-naught or R0 indicates the number of people an infected ... which is believed to be driven by the Omicron variant. It also highlighted that the country's R naught value is 2.69, higher than ...