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COVID-19 super-spreading events play ‘outsized role’ in disease transmission, say scientists – The Tribune India

Based on their findings, the scientists developed a mathematical model of COVID-19 transmission, which they used to show that limiting gatherings to 10 or fewer…

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Boston, November 3
COVID-19 super-spreading events, in which one person infected with the novel coronavirus transmits it to many other people, play an “outsized role” in the overall spread of the disease, according to a new study which says preventing large gatherings could significantly curb the pandemic.
The study published in journal PNAS assessed about 60 super-spreading events, revealing that events where one person infects more than six other people are much more common than would be expected…

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