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UK’s virus rate lowers to July numbers – PerthNow

Britain’s coronavirus reproduction rate is below 1 for the first time since July, giving confidence that Europe’s worst outbreak outbreak is finally shrinking.

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Britain’s scientific advisers say they are confident the coronavirus outbreak is shrinking across the country for the first time in more than six months.
The government says the reproduction or R number, which measures how many people each infected person passes the virus on to, is between 0.7 and 0.9. A number below 1 means the outbreak is shrinking.
It is the first time since July the R number has been below 1 for every region of the country.
The UK is in lockdown to try to curb Europe’s worst…

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