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One-metre COVID-19 social distancing rule is outdated, scientists claim – The New Daily
The strict social distancing rule of standing one metre away from others during the coronavirus pandemic is outdated, UK scientists claim.
The strict social distancing rule of standing one metre from others during the coronavirus pandemic is outdated, claim UK scientists.
That’s because it doesn’t account for the ways respiratory droplets can travel in different environments.
The researchers, from the University of Oxford, said when people cough and shout, droplets can fly more than two metres and even spread up to eight metres in exhaled air.
In a study published in the prestigious BMJ, they argued that social distancing rules …
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