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UK’s virus rate lowers to July numbers – PerthNow
Britain’s coronavirus reproduction rate is below 1 for the first time since July, giving confidence that Europe’s worst outbreak outbreak is finally shrinking.
Britain’s scientific advisers say they are confident the coronavirus outbreak is shrinking across the country for the first time in more than six months.
The government says the reproduction or R number, which measures how many people each infected person passes the virus on to, is between 0.7 and 0.9. A number below 1 means the outbreak is shrinking.
It is the first time since July the R number has been below 1 for every region of the country.
The UK is in lockdown to try to curb Europe’s worst…
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