The coronavirus pandemic will be a ‘serious concern’ for the next six months in the UK as coronavirus infections have steeply risen.
In an emergency coronavirus meeting, Chief Scientific Advisor Sir Patrick Vallance warned that the rate of infections is doubling every seven days in England. If that were to continue, by the middle of October there could be 50,000 cases per day, leading to more than 200 deaths per day.
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Vallance said that despite low levels of immunity in the population, the ‘vast majority of people’ are ‘still susceptible to infection’, estimating that eight percent of people have been infected.
He explained that the increase in positive cases is not due to increased testing – the positivity of the tests is measured in proportion to the amount of tests carried out.
Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty, warned that as well as maintaining social distancing measures, one of the keys to stopping the spread of the virus is to break ‘unnecessary links between households’.
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He said: “The trend in UK is heading in the wrong direction and we are at a critical point in the pandemic.
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“We are looking at the data to see how to manage the spread of the virus ahead of a very challenging winter period.”
He explained: “For the next six months, we have to take this collectively very seriously.”
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