The health secretary has defended the government's advice that people return to their workplaces after scientists warned a new wave of COVID hospital admissions could be triggered
by next month as more than a year of working from home comes to an end.
He told Sky News:"Obviously there's other reports and things, and it is right that experts are looking at what's happening and trying to come up with their best guess of where things might go based on certain assumptions. "I'll remind you, back when we made the Step 4 decision there were also experts saying that 'case rates are going to surge to 200,000, hospitalisations are going to go to 2,000 to 3,000 a day - don't do it'.
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