Interactive tool helps you decide how to protect yourself and others from COVID-19

Is it risky to sing in a choir? What are the risks of eating in a small restaurant? How much difference does it make to open windows or clean surfaces? New

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Dec. 2, 2021 ~5 min

Interactive tool helps people decide how best to protect themselves and others from COVID-19

Is it risky to sing in a choir? What are the risks of eating in a small restaurant? How much difference does it make to open windows or clean surfaces? New

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Dec. 2, 2021 ~5 min


Two-metre COVID-19 rule is ‘arbitrary measurement’ of safety

A new study has shown that the airborne transmission of COVID-19 is highly random and suggests that the two-metre rule was a number chosen from a risk

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 23, 2021 ~5 min

Air filter significantly reduces presence of airborne SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 wards

When a team of doctors, scientists and engineers at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the University of Cambridge placed an air filtration machine in COVID-19 wards,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 16, 2021 ~6 min

Delhi outbreak highlights challenge of herd immunity in the face of Delta variant

The severe outbreak of COVID-19 in Delhi, India, in 2021 showed not only that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV2 is extremely transmissible but that it can infect

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 14, 2021 ~5 min

Delhi outbreak highlights challenge of herd immunity in face of Delta variant

The severe outbreak of COVID-19 in Delhi, India, in 2021 showed not only that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV2 is extremely transmissible but that it can infect

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 14, 2021 ~5 min

Severe Delhi outbreak highlights challenge of reaching herd immunity in face of Delta variant

The severe outbreak of COVID-19 in Delhi, India, in 2021 showed not only that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV2 is extremely transmissible but that it can infect

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 14, 2021 ~5 min

Scientists develop model to assess COVID-19 infection risk in offices and schools

As more UK workers and students return to offices and schools, a new model has been developed to predict the risk of airborne COVID-19 infection in such

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 6, 2021 ~4 min


Rate of mental disorders among children remained stable in 2021 after previous rise

A survey published today by NHS Digital found one in six children in England had a probable mental disorder in 2021 – a similar rate to 2020 but an increase

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 30, 2021 ~3 min

Study suggests R rate for tracking pandemic should be dropped in favour of ‘nowcasts’

When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in 2020, the R rate became well-known shorthand for the reproduction of the disease. Yet a new study suggests it’s time for

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 29, 2021 ~4 min

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