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Lessons from Spanish flu?: Support social distancing
People stand apart as they try to adhere to social distancing measures while waiting near an electronic sign thanking NHS workers for their efforts, at a bus stop in Leeds, northern England, on March 30, 2020. PHOTO | AFP
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended social distancing as a key strategy in halting the spread of the coronavirus disease. This calls for maintaining physical distance or staying far away from each other by at least a metre or three feet so as to prevent the transmission of the disease from person to person.
The strategy is extremely significant in the campaign against Covid-19 as the disease can also be spread through respiratory droplets.