Lockdown 'not on the cards' as Covid booster will prevent restrictions, says Rishi Sunak
A further 49,298 people tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday, a 9.7 per cent week-on-week rise on last Friday.
The last time daily infections surpassed the grim milestone was on July 17 when 54,674 fresh cases were reported. It comes as Boris Johnson yesterday vowed to do "whatever we have to do" to keep rising Covid cases under control but insisted a full lockdown isn't "on the cards".alarm over spiralling infectionsScientists have warned how much worse the Covid outbreak could play out over the next year without “Plan B” style measures - as vaccine immunity wanes.Worst-case scenario graphs suggest 150,000 infections per day, 2,000 hospital admissions and 300 deaths, in the spring of 2022.
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