COVID-19 outbreak: Key advisers discuss quarantine measures

On 26 February 2020, a meeting was held at the Royal Society of Medicine between key advisers in UK healthcare and law enforcement to discuss quarantine measures in the UK in response to the current COVID-19 outbreak.

Attending the meeting were senior personnel from Public Health England, the Department of Health and Social Care, the legal profession, police and academics/ clinicians/practitioners specialising in vaccination, infectious disease, behavioural medicine and behaviour change, epidemiology, history, psychology and ethics.

A brief summary of the comments and questions raised at the meeting has been published in co-operation with the journal Trends in Urology & Men’s Health. Visit the journal website to read the summary in full.