What is the R Number and why is it important?

Update: 2020-05-03

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The UK Government has said there is a "light at the end of the tunnel" for lockdown and the distance to that light will be measured by the R Number? But what is the R Number and why does it matter? Mike Indian and Liam Kay look at the tests that must be met before our lives can begin to get back to normal.

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