Research and analysis

SAGE discussion on London lockdown, 18 March 2020

Health and behavioural science research by the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).

• From: Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
• Published: 5 May 2020

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Discussion on London lockdown - 18 March 2020

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The Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) asked DHSC and SAGE to provide health and behavioural science in respect of a further tightening of social distancing, up to ‘lockdown’ of London, to reduce transmission of COVID-19. This document outlines the recommendations given following that commission.

The paper was discussed at SAGE meeting 17 on 18 March 2020.

The government announced the lockdown on 20 March 2020.

This evidence was often compiled very rapidly during a fast-moving response and should be viewed in this context. The paper presented here is the best assessment of the evidence at the time of writing, and the conclusions were formed on this basis. As new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly. Therefore, some of the information in this paper may have been superseded at a later date.

Published 5 May 2020