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Why are coronavirus cases going down in the UK?
Justin Webb speaks to Dr Mike Tildesley
After a spike in COVID cases over the beginning of the summer, it finally looks like the UK has reached a plateau.
The number of people testing positive for the virus has fallen every day for the past week, but why has this happened?
Justin Webb speaks to Dr Mike Tildesley, Associate Professor of infectious disease modelling at the University of Warwick, to find out.
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