Coronavirus: Warnings from scientists as UK cases continue to rise
"People have relaxed too much. Now is the time for us to re-engage, and to realise that this a continuing threat to us," he said.
"Where case numbers rise initially in the younger parts of the population they do in turn filter through and start to give elevated rates of disease and hospital admissions in the older age groups, and we know that then becomes a serious public health problem," he said. He said the UK would be in for"a bumpy ride over the next few months" if people did not adhere more stringently to social distancing rules.Prof Jonathan Van Tam was known for his plain speaking at Downing Street press conferences earlier in the pandemic.
Put simply, he believes there's been a significant and concerning change in recent days. No longer is this all about local outbreaks - instead, in his view, there is now a general spread of the disease in many parts of the country.
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