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 the data (publicly available for a number of countries), so that it can be globally applied to outbreaks of COVID-19 , or other infectious diseases.