Covid risk at the Christmas table

ONE Covid-carrier around your Christmas table of eight has a 70 per cent chance of infecting two more diners, according to a new study.

Professor Ed Galea, from the University of Greenwich, conducted research into travelling Covid particles, based on a three-hour dinner with no ventilation and constant chatter.

He says: ‘The best way to stay safe is to use as large a room as possible, keep windows open – ideally at opposite sides of the room – don’t shout and keep it short.’