burtlancast
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Good news, apparently.
"Half the population could already have the coronavirus, according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of Kent in Canterbury are now helping gather evidence to test the theory, developed by colleagues at Oxford.
If confirmed it would suggest fewer than one in every 1,000 of those infected with Covid-19 requires hospital treatment - and the vast majority have mild symptoms.
Therefore, the UK may have already acquired "herd immunity" to the disease - and "social distancing" restrictions imposed by the government on Monday may be lifted sooner than expected. But until concrete evidence emerges, the restrictions MUST still be respected, researchers insist."
'Half the population could already have coronavirus'
"Half the population could already have the coronavirus, according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of Kent in Canterbury are now helping gather evidence to test the theory, developed by colleagues at Oxford.
If confirmed it would suggest fewer than one in every 1,000 of those infected with Covid-19 requires hospital treatment - and the vast majority have mild symptoms.
Therefore, the UK may have already acquired "herd immunity" to the disease - and "social distancing" restrictions imposed by the government on Monday may be lifted sooner than expected. But until concrete evidence emerges, the restrictions MUST still be respected, researchers insist."
'Half the population could already have coronavirus'