Covid-19: R Rate and Lockdown Measures Debate
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Afzal Khan
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(4 years, 6 months ago)
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Matt Hancock
We always keep these things under review. The challenge is that being 1 metre apart, face to face, means that there is a much greater chance of transmission of the disease than at a further distance.
Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton) (Lab) [V]
Many of my constituents were deeply concerned to read about the high R rate in the north-west. In the same week, they were told to send their children back to school. Has the Secretary of State made any assessment of the impact of reopening schools on the R rate in the north-west?