With the UK becoming the latest country to do so – and with a fifth of the world in lockdown – nations around the world are beginning to follow a similar pattern in terms of how they’re tackling the coronavirus. Albeit on different schedules.
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In this video we look at different approaches taken to tackling Covid-19: social distancing, lockdowns, mass testing and herd immunity. These are different approaches to the same issue: stoping the spread and trying to flatten the curve, that’s the idea that in fighting this pandemic – we need to slow the rate of infections to give hospitals the chance to deal with patients without being overwhelmed – as well as giving us more time to find remedies and vaccines.
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