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Table 3 Estimated number of local transmission cases and epidemic duration of SARS-CoV-2 transmission outside of China

From: Risk estimation of the SARS-CoV-2 acute respiratory disease outbreak outside China

Transmission reduction

0%

30%

60%

Period from symptom onset to quarantine (hours)

24 h

36 h

48 h

24 h

36 h

48 h

24 h

36 h

48 h

Local transmission cases, mean (Lb, Ub)

4.98, (0, 48)

192.86, (0, 1824)

7804.75, (0, 40,180)

1.44, (0, 12)

7.27, (0, 54)

75.13, (0, 714)

0.49, (0, 4)

1.54, (0, 9)

3.49, (0, 21)

Maximum daily prevalence, mean (Lb, Ub)

3.99, (1, 25)

109.69, (1, 1057)

6013.4, (1, 31,416)

2.16, (1, 10)

5.15, (1, 27)

38.32, (1, 354)

1.45, (1, 4)

2.21, (1, 8)

3.38, (1, 13)

Epidemic duration (days), mean (Lb, Ub)

15.87, (0.55, 81.27)

32.79, (0.77, 100.1)

46.85, (0.95, 100.01)

10.92, (0.6, 44.15)

17.73, (0.73, 94.17)

31.01, (0.87, 100.17)

8.49, (0.65, 31.17)

10.86, (0.66, 40.63)

13.34, (0.83, 52.91)

Probability of local transmission cases

 0 (%)

54.9

23.7

8.5

63.85

32.95

14.05

75.85

49.15

28.05

 20 or more (%)

7

29.55

59.8

1

8.8

30.55

0

0.45

2.9

 40 or more (%)

3.2

24.35

53.65

0

3.85

23.2

0

0

0.35

  1. (Lb, Ub) = (lowerbound, upperbound)