Shielding from coronavirus if you have COPD

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The UK government says that people with severe COPD (also called emphysema or chronic bronchitis) need to go into something called shielding to protect themselves from coronavirus (Covid19).

But what does that actually mean? The medical director of the British Lund Foundation explains.