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Coronavirus latest news: Ending lockdown in February would be a ‘disaster’, Sage scientist warns
Borders closed to close out new strains 5 million over-70s to obtain invites for jabs Medical doctors informed to throw away leftover Covid vaccines UK faces delays in supply of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine Three-quarters again curfews to stop night socialising Subscribe to The Telegraph for a month-long free trial Eradicating coronavirus restrictions on the finish of subsequent month can be a “catastrophe” and put “monumental strain” on the NHS, a Sage scientist has warned. Professor John Edmunds informed BBC Radio 4’s Immediately programme: “I feel it will be a catastrophe if we eliminated restrictions in, say, the tip of February when we have now gone by this primary wave of the vaccination. “Initially vaccines aren’t ever 100% protecting, and so even these which have been vaccinated can be nonetheless at some threat. “If we relaxed our restrictions we might instantly put the NHS beneath monumental strain once more.” It got here because the World Well being Organisation warned that whereas measures like social distancing are working, we have now to do them higher. Dr Margaret Harris informed the BBC: “The general public well being measures that we all know work: the distancing, not gathering in massive numbers, understanding who has the virus and who has not, retaining the 2 aside, all these measures do work. “They work time and again in quite a few international locations, so we have now to do them higher. “Among the actions on the borders, like testing individuals, quarantining individuals, understanding the place they’re coming from, are all a part of making certain who has the virus, who has not and retaining them aside.” Observe the newest updates beneath.
