Photo: Getty ImagesWe've heard of self isolation, but what is "social distancing?" The only people exempt from the self-isolation rule are people from South Pacific island nations with no confirmed Covid-19 cases.​Now, experts are encouraging people to practice voluntary "social distancing". RNZ spoke to Public Health epidemiologist Patricia Priest about social distancing and why we should be doing it. It should really be called physical distancing, Priest says. "We've seen dramatic effects in China of very, very extreme social distancing, so that they're now having very few new cases each day.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 18, 2020 22:18 UTC