Once dental practice resumes, the number of patients that can be seen will be severely restricted in order to prevent virus transmission.

Governors and mayors of cities across the country are authorising funds for the needy and enforcing social distancing to cut the chain of virus transmission.

This would be particularly the case if virus transmission fell in the summer.

Although virus transmission can occur in a number of ways at some level, focusing on the most likely transmission route will have by far the biggest impact.

If the scientific advice says that face masks would help to reduce virus transmission on public transport, the government needs a strategy to ensure sufficient supplies.