Term:Social distancing

Normative

Examples

Tell patients who still need to attend services to follow relevant parts of government advice on social distancing (this may differ across the UK), or UK government guidance on shielding and protecting people defined on medical grounds as extremely vulnerable from COVID-19.

Source: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng161/resources/covid19-rapid-guideline-delivery-of-systemic-anticancer-treatments-pdf-66141895710661

Collocations

• to mantain social distancing

Keyness

>1000

Note

The collocation cited is the only found in the corpus, and with one occurrence only.

Research

Definition/description

Social distancing measures were assumed to reduce the number of contacts per day across the entire population.

Source: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.24.20042705v1

Examples

It additionally demonstrates the importance of individual responsibility towards social distancing and personal hygiene.

Source: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.26.20044651v1

Another commentary briefly introduced isolation, quarantine, social distancing and community containment as public health measures in the outbreak.

Source: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.21.20026146v1

Activating social distancing at the possible earliest time with comprehensive and rigorous measures could significantly reduce the epidemic size of COVID-19.

Source: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.04.20031187v1

Collocations

• social distancing measures
• social distancing policy
• social distancing strategies
• rigorous social distancing
• practice social distancing
• enforce social distancing
• implement social distancing
• encourage social distancing
• impose social distancing

Keyness

669

Press

Examples

In many parts of Europe, people are still wearing face coverings and observing some social distancing.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9928751/Covid-19-UK-Number-Britons-falling-ill-virus-day-rises-fifth-week-52-000.html

The prime minister announces that from July 4, social distancing rules will be relaxed to a "one-metre plus" rule as pubs, cinemas and restaurants will reopen.

Source: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/covid-timeline-uk-lockdown-vaccine-pandemic-boris-johnson-b923362.html

Collocations

• to observe social distancing
• to mantain social distancing
• to practise social distancing

Keyness

32

Comments

Description

Face masks and social distancing are the best way to defeat the virus-along with fast tests for everyone before entering crowded places.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10279341/Italy-begins-lockdown-unvaccinated-double-jabbed-able-participate-public-life.html#comments

Examples

I can't imagine being in a crowded airport where social distancing is more a nice idea than a reality.

Source: nytimes.com

Collocations

• to practice social distancing

Keyness

346