Gareth Willmer
Gareth Willmer is a London-based freelance journalist and subeditor who covers science, technology and global development for a range of websites and publications. He has worked for publications including New Scientist, Nature, EU research and innovation magazine Horizon, science and global development publication SciDev.Net, and global development website Devex. He writes regularly on subjects from environmental issues and the evolution of life on our planet to how new technologies such as satellites can be used in agriculture and natural disasters in developing countries.-
Mix of COVID-19 cluster-busting with vaccine push may bring a new normal faster
Combining so-called “backward tracing” with traditional forward tracing to help identify source events of COVID-19 outbreaks has been cited as a potential way of better tracking the disease, as seen in some Asian countries. Now that vaccines are emerging on the scene, how can this concept be used for...
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A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Dr Gwenan Knight about clusters & superspreading
Interview with Dr Gwenan Knight, assistant professor at the the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. What was the aim of your initial work on COVID-19 clusters for the studies you brought out in May and June, and how did you go about it? Gwenan Knight: Stepping back pre-COVID, one of the...