On 26 May, the Environment Agency published Environmental Influence on Transmission of COVID-19, a 24-page report compiled by the Environmental and Modelling Group for the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). Extracts from the Press Release are reproduced below.

A further two reports were also published by Government Office for Science on Coronavirus (COVID-19): scientific evidence supporting the UK government response, and from Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies on Evidence of environmental dispersion of COVID-19 for different mechanisms. The latter is of more relevance to the reopening of places of worship, and we have posted a  separate summary. Continue reading →