The lockdown in UK is bring lifted, with the first restrictions reduced, but scientists say we need to be stricter on existing Covid Rules.
Scientists have revealed that research suggests we should be ‘tighter on existing restrictions’ such as mask wearing and social distancing. This is to keep Covid-19 under control and avoid further lockdowns.
The University of Liverpool and Cambridge have used mathematics to work out how the virus spreads. They used different scenarios to find out how the Covid rules will affect transmissions.
How will the covid rules help?
As part of their experiments, the scientist tested existing spacial rules as well as non spacial rules. Published in the Journal of Royal Society Interface, a study by Dr Yevhan Supruneko showed that wearing masks could prevent the R number rising again.
Our results show that the reduction of spatial control without a simultaneous increase of non spatial control inevitable increases disease incidence by increasing the reproduction number. Alternatively, it is possible to keep the reproduction number constant or even reduce it f non – spatial control interventions increase in strength while spatial control measures are being lifted.
Co-author Dr Stephen Cornell said that existing lockdowns, while beneficial, are expensive. Things like wearing facemasks, washing your hands and keeping a distance from others are inexpensive measures we can take.
“Measures such as lockdowns that limit how far potentially infected people move can have a stronger impact on controlling the spread of disease, but methods that reduce the risk of transmission whenever people mix provide an inexpensive way to supplement them,
Measures such as lockdowns that limit how far potentially infected people move can have a stronger impact on controlling the spread of the disease. But methods that reduce the risk of transmission whenever people mix provide an inexpensive way to supplement them.
The paper, written by professionals highly regarded in their field, explained how the models they are developing could help. Not just with Covid but in the event of another infectious disease pandemic.
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