Preliminary study finds UK lockdown is slowing spread of Covid-19 | Malay Mail

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LONDON, April 1 — Lockdown and social distancing measures introduced by the British government to slow the spread of Covid-19 may already be working, according to preliminary research findings, and could soon see Britain’s epidemic of infections declining. Scientists used an online survey to...

Wednesday, 01 Apr 2020 09:09 PM MYT

Scientists used an online survey to ask 1,300 people in Britain to list their contacts for the previous day — and found that the average number of contacts now is more than 70 per cent lower than before the lockdown. “Rather, they should be used as motivation for us all to keep following UK government instructions,” Edmunds said. “It’s imperative we don’t take our foot off the pedal. We must continue to stop transmission of the virus to reduce the burden on the National Health Service now and over the coming months.”

Using the change in contact patterns, the Edmunds’ team calculated a change in reproduction number between the pre-lockdown and post lockdown periods.

 

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