The CloseAssociate modeller is showing that across Europe there is very little evidence that the spread of COVID-19 is being mitigated in...

Congratulations President-elect Joseph Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris on your election win and also for announcing a new COVID-19...

With three days to go to the US Presidential election, swing states still have growing COVID-19 reproduction rates.

The second wave of infection across European States is a lot worse than during the Northern Hemisphere spring and summer.

Today, 24 October (NZT) eleven days out from the US election on 3 November we can report that COVID-19 is continue to spread.

Across Europe the pandemic has clearly taken a step up in the last week and the situation is much worse than our 5 October blogpost.

The second wave of COVID-19 infection seems well underway in the United States with only four States with Reff rates below the redline.

There is a clear second wave building in both continents as we transition from autumn/fall and head into winter.

The longer the US persists above Reff=1.0 the more likely it will follow European States and the United Kingdom into a second wave.

Our analysis is this surge began nine weeks ago in mid-July 2020 and we called it mid-August.

The UK's Reff is currently at 1.7 - expect a 70% increase in new daily cases in 10-14 days.

We find that the Netherlands reproduction number for the disease has gone under that crucial redline R=1.0.

India's COVID-19 trajectory indicates an unrelenting path to eventual herd immunity.

European Union nations and many US states are facing upsurges in COVID-19 which is a continuation of the trends...[we already identified]

...a resurgence of COVID-19 reproduction rates with Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, West Bank and UAE all reporting Reff rates above 1.0.

The COVID19.modeller presents a South Korean super surge underway with a large increase in new daily cases expected...

Norway and Finland have the highest Reff values but compared to Sweden they have relatively fewer new case numbers.

We promised an update on South Korea because its Reff is showing a remarkable and steep increase.

European countries have increasing COVID-19 reproduction (Reff) values above 1.0 and that has been true for some time.

The key takeaway from our closer look is that it's time to act before new daily cases increase and grow exponentially.