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Post-June 21 social distancing plan won’t be revealed for another WEEK

Plans for social distancing and ‘Covid certificates’ after June 21 won’t be revealed for another WEEK despite rising hopes that ‘freedom day’ WILL go ahead Social distancing and Covid certificate reviews not expected until next week Boris Johnson had promised they would be revealed by the end of this month Hopes rising that the June… Read More »

CDC says U.S. could control coronavirus in 12 weeks if most Americans wear masks, social distance

Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), speaks during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing in Washington, D.C., July 31, 2020. Erin Scott | Pool | Reuters The U.S. could get the coronavirus pandemic under control if most Americans wear masks, embrace social distancing and practice good… Read More »

Google may help UK officials track coronavirus social distancing

By Adam Vaughan The UK government is looking at ways of tracking people’s movementsChris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images Google is discussing sharing aggregated and anonymised location data from its apps with the UK government, to show whether people are practising social distancing to combat the coronavirus. The technology giant told New Scientist it was at… Read More »

Stopping COVID-19 could require eight months of ‘aggressive social distancing,’ outbreak modelling shows

It was an email to a few dozen colleagues that has now spread to doctors nationwide. “This event is unlike anything we have lived through before,” Dr. Brent Wolfrom’s message began. “It is likely that at some point we will transition from an acute to chronic crisis mentality.” Wolfrom is a family doctor and former… Read More »