OECD: Sweden and the United Kingdom – required a greater number of days to bring down their Rt to below one from their respective peak level

 The objective of prevention interventions, including containment and mitigation strategies, is therefore to bring the value of Rt to below one, that is, when the number of infected persons will decrease over time. Figure 1.10 presents the number of days needed to bring the Rt from its highest value in each country to below one for at least four consecutive days. On average, it took 34 days for countries to bring this indicator to below one after the epidemic started spreading in the country. The country with the shortest period was Malta (11 days), with Sweden reporting the longest period (58 days).

Many of the countries that have been most severely hit by the COVID‐19 outbreak – such as Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom – required a greater number of days to bring down their Rt to below one from their respective peak levels. (Klicka för större bild)