This is how smart city technology can be used to tell if social distancing is working
A WHO expert has claimed that the UK was 10 days late in implementing strict social distancing measures. Image: REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Ronnie Das
Lecturer in Digital & Data Analytics, Newcastle University
Philip James
Professor, University of Salford
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