Table 2. Estimates of R₀ and comparison to other country studies.

Country	Initial Reproduction Number (R0) Estimate	Source
Ghana	3.21	Authors’ estimate
South Africa	3.20	[55]
Egypt	2.30	[56]
	2.29	[55]
Algeria	2.66	[55]
Morocco	2.99	[57]
Kenya	2.82	[55]
Nigeria	2.29	[55]
China	4.03 (Hubei Province)	[58]
	3.80 (Wuhan)	[59]
	2.60 (Wuhan)	[60]
	2.68 (Wuhan)	[61]
	2.20 (Wuhan)	[62]
	2.61 (China)	[63]
South Korea	3.47–3.54 (Daegu/NGP)	[58]
United Kingdom	2.6	[64]