Prof Neil Ferguson says government should look to South Korea for next steps in fight against Covid-19
“If you talk to people [in the public health department] in Korea, they have a sustainable strategy, they have society not operating as normal, there will have to be social distancing until we have a vaccine, but they have been remarkably effective at basically tracking chains of transmission down and isolating people who are infected,” said Prof Ferguson.
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