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 Package: SimInf
 Title: A Framework for Data-Driven Stochastic Disease Spread Simulations
-Version: 9.3.1.9000
+Version: 9.4.0
 Authors@R: c(person("Stefan", "Widgren", role = c("aut", "cre"),
                     email = "stefan.widgren@gmail.com",
                     comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-5745-2284")),
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-# SimInf (development version)
+# SimInf 9.4.0 (2023-01-06)
 
 ## CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS