physical-distancing recommendations amid the coronavirus pandemic are pegged at two metres.In the United States, it’s 1.8 metres.
In Italy and Germany, it’s 1.5 metres. China and France have gone with just one.The World Health Organization recommends maintaining a minimum of one metre apart from others during the COVID-19 pandemic, but physical-distancing guidelines vary slightly around the world.
Numerous studies have found that people standing less than one metre away from an infected person were much more likely to catch the virus than those standing more than one metre away.