COVID-19: what’s with all this social distancing?

By oksana | April 17, 2020

For the past three weeks (is it really only three weeks?) and for at least three weeks to come (with the expectation of more), we have been socially distancing in the UK. This means working from home where possible, and only leaving your home when necessary to exercise (once per day), buy food or access…

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Persistent shedding of COVID-19 – what does this mean?

By oksana | March 16, 2020

Several epidemiological studies have shown that the shedding of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 can continue for many days after symptoms resolve. What does this mean? Do people remain infectious after their symptoms resolve? The answer isn’t clear, but it seems that people are most infectious at the start of their symptoms, and much less…

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