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Professor Keith Neal Emeritus Professor in the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, University of Nottingham Professor Keith Neal, Emeritus Professor in the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, University of Nottingham The plans are sensible. It’s very easy to say more needs to be done, but there is little evidence to make any decision. If people who might … Read more
China halted the coronavirus using a ‘social nuclear weapon’ of extreme measures that other countries will struggle to replicate, an expert has warned. Nicholas A. Christakis, Sterling Professor of Social & Natural Science at Yale University, took to Twitter yesterday to explain how China has managed to rapidly de-escalate the threat of COVID-19 within its borders. … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
North Korea is taking ‘unprecedented’ measures against coronavirus with month-long quarantines, foreign diplomats locked in their compounds and loudspeakers blaring out health warnings. State media is demanding ‘absolute obedience’ to health authorities as the secretive nation tries to shield itself from the virus that emerged in neighbouring China. New arrivals are subject to 30 days’ … Read more
Businesses would have to introduce anti-terror measures to keep public safe under new Home Office plan Owners and operators of public spaces could be required to consider terror risk Councils and private firms may be required to consider steps if one happens A new ‘Protect Duty’ will be consulted on by the Government in next … Read more