Complexity of the Basic Reproduction Number

In an article published in EID Journal in 2019 (Complexity of the Basic Reproduction Number
(R0)) has mentioned about the reproduction number which is an epidemiologic metric used
to describe the contagiousness or transmissibility of infectious agents ability to spread.
Nowadays we are currently fighting with Covid 19 and we want to share these article below
with you,
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52473523