Newly released studies suggest the COVID-19 virus is more contagious than previously thought.<br />UPI reports the studies were based on the novel coronavirus outbreak in China.<br />However, the studies also show that social distancing works to limit the spread of the life-threatening upper respiratory illness.<br />Chinese researchers say that without social distancing measures, each confirmed case of COVID-19 would result in roughly three "secondary" cases.<br />A separate analysis estimates that initial reports of case counts in Wuhan, China, may have been off by as much as a factor of four.
