Coronavirus: What are the rules for social distancing?

Governments around the world are advising people to socially distance themselves in order to reduce pressures on health services and stop the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19).

This is even more important now UK schools have been closed to most children.

But what exactly is the advice on social distancing - and who should be doing it the most? And how exactly does it stop the spread of coronavirus?

The BBC's Health Correspondent, Laura Foster explains.

Video by: Laura Foster, Tobias Chapple and Terry Saunders.

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