Gce Model Questions Vol1 2024 Biology Question 39

Practice objective / multiple choice question 39 from the 2024 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.

Gce Model Questions Vol1 2024 Biology Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 39 GCE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2024 • BIOLOGY • objective

A newly emerging infectious disease has a basic reproduction number \(R_{0}=3\). A vaccine available for this disease has an efficacy of \(80\%\).\n\n(a) What proportion of the population must be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity?\n\n(b) If only \(70\%\) of the population are vaccinated, what is the effective reproduction number \(R_{\text{eff}}\) under these conditions? Give your answers as decimals rounded to two decimal places.

Answer Options

A. 0.90 and 1.68
B. 0.75 and 1.44
C. 0.80 and 1.20
Correct Answer D. 0.83 and 1.32
Correct Answer
D
Correct Option:
0.83 and 1.32

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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2024 Biology Question 39. It is one of the objective questions from the 2024 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.

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