Assessing the risk of hospital transmission of COVID-19

As hospitals move past the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the risk of hospital-transmission looms large. Elective services will reopen and patients who have not been exposed to COVID-19 as a result of the broadly successful lockdown will come into hospitals and risk exposure to patient (and staff) with COVID-19 infections. How big is this…

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

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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