Covid Virus

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Covid is a new virus that has spread across the world. Scientists are trying to understand how it spreads in large events such as concerts and sporting gatherings. This week, we'll look at some of the research done by the u.K., which was designed to help with policy decisions on opening up society. We will get into whether or not this work has actually underpinned them later.

Early in 2021 the United Kingdom, along with several other countries, allowed mass gatherings as part of a series of controlled studies aimed at better understanding the role events could play in the pandemic. The goal was to inform policy - however early results have provided limited data on viral transmission.

As the Olympic games kick off in Tokyo, we delve into the research, asking what the limitations have been, if more data will become available and whether policy makers are likely to take the findings into account in the future.

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