COVID-19 ‘R’ rise might be due to technicality, health official says

“As long as the R rate remains below 1, and even more so below 0.8, I do not think there is a reason to worry, and we can continue to open up our economy,” Public Health Services head said. https://www.jpost.com/health-science/coronavirus-r-is-rising-in-israel-should-we-be-concerned-664295