Coronavirus: conflicting advice on social distancing

Are British sneezes twice as powerful as French ones? That is the conclusion you could draw from the conflicting Covid-19 advice from the UK and French governments.

Keep your distance

Official advice at gov.uk states that you should “keep your distance if you go out – two metres apart if possible”. However, the French government website says “to keep the disease away, stay at least a metre away from others”.

Monaco, meanwhile, where French and British citizens are among the largest population groups, opts for the middle ground. “Avoid crowds, maintain a distance of 1.5m,” says covid19.mc.

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