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A level of social distancing until a vaccine is available

Professor Neil Ferguson says restrictions will have to continue for some time

We are all carefully watching聽the daily statistics and graphs on coronavirus to try to see if we have yet reached the peak of the infection and whether the measures taken so far are having an effect - there seems to be glimmer of good news. Health officials say the trend in new infections is flattening out - and social distancing measures may be having an impact. Prof Neil Ferguson is from Imperial College London and is a key government adviser for the coronavirus outbreak.

(Image: Neil Ferguson. Credit: PA)

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