Before revision:  The obtained results demonstrate  applicability of our developed method to extract key infection parameters directly from the data (publicly available for a number of countries), so that it can be applied globally to potential future outbreaks of COVID-19 , or other infectious diseases.
After revision:  The obtained results demonstrate applicability of our developed method to extract key infection parameters directly from publically available data so that it can be applied globally to potential future outbreaks of COVID-19 , or other infectious diseases.