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- Chair of Global Public Health says race should be cancelled
- ‘The virus is here to stay and will come back’
Devi Sridhar, the chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh and also a key adviser to the Scottish government on the Covid-19 pandemic, has described the plan to stage the Tour de France in August as a “recipe for disaster”.
“The wise thing to do is cancel for this year,” Sridhar said. “It’s a painful decision but they have no choice.”
Written by Jeremy Whittle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/apr/16/august-tour-de-france-recipe-for-disaster-says-public-health-expert under the title “
August Tour de France ‘recipe for disaster’, public health expert warns
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