Plastic shields at supermarket
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Plastic shields at supermarket checkouts DON'T prevent COVID spreading, says epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre. Raina MacIntyre told Sunrise that the shields, which have been installed at supermarket and shops across the county, “don’t actually do much at all because the virus travels in the air.” Hear the interview

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