Lancaster University: COVID-19 Bayesian Spatial Stochastic Model-based risk estimation, 8 September 2020
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Paper by Lancaster University on spatial COVID-19 risk estimation. This paper was available for participants to read at SAGE 56 on 10 September 2020, but not considered or discussed in the meeting. The paper is the assessment of the evidence at the time of writing. As new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly.
This paper contains estimates of the reproduction number (R) from one modelling group. These will differ to published consensus estimates of the R value from SAGE.
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This paper should be read alongside the SPI-M-O: Consensus statement on COVID-19, 10 September 2020 from SAGE 56.
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