Sir Jeremy Farrar, a member of the UK government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, says “the UK is likely to be one of the worst, if not the worst, affected countries in Europe” by the coronavirus pandemic
Sir Jeremy said a second or third wave of the virus"was probably inevitable" and treatment and a vaccine was"our only true exit strategy".
Asked whether he agreed with Sir Jeremy's analysis of the UK's death rate, Business Secretary Alok Sharma said:"Different countries are at different stages of this cycle." Prof Keith Neal, emeritus professor in the epidemiology of infectious diseases at the University of Nottingham, said it was likely the UK would have one of the largest numbers of coronavirus deaths because it had the second largest population in western Europe after Germany.
The scientists advising the government have long warned of this lag between measures to keep the public at home and a reduction in the daily death toll. Meanwhile, in his first public statement since being moved out of intensive care on Thursday, Mr Johnson paid tribute to the medics treating him, saying:"I can't thank them enough. I owe them my life."
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