Social Distancing is the maintaining of physical separation between people (usually 2m/6ft) and reducing the amount of times that people come into close contact with each other in order to prevent the spread of an infectious disease
Social distancing also called physical distancing,is a set of non-pharmaceutical interventions or measures taken to prevent the spread of a contagious disease by maintaining a physical distance between people and reducing the numbers of times people come into close contact with each other.it involves keeping a distance of six feet or two meters from other and avoiding gathering together in a large group,
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