Viewpoint Shrinking homes, COVID-19 and the challenge of homeworking

There are multiple challenges in fighting a global pandemic in cities where disease can spread through crowded transit systems, shopping centres and workplaces, but it seems self-evident that encouraging people to work at home, if possible, is the most obvious measure that can reduce the transmission of COVID-19. Homeworking has quickly become the 'new normal' for those able to work remotely, with only 'frontline' workers encouraged to travel to work. Here, Hubbard et al explore how people are adapting to this 'brave new world'.