More Than Expected

May 05, 2020

University of Bonn researchers have posted a preprint of their analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Gangelt, Germany. MIT's Technology Review reported last month on the team's early findings that about 14 percent of the town had been infected with the virus, a higher infection rate than anticipated.

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