LOCKDOWN could return this winter if there’s a fresh Covid wave but will only be reimposed as an “absolutely last resort”. Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi confirmed that “co…
Asked about the possibility of more restrictions, Mr Zahawi said today: "Lockdowns would be an absolutely last resort.He added: "I am concerned about flu. We haven't had much flu circulating anywhere in the world and in a bad year we could lose up to 25,000 people to flu.
But he added: "Of course, we have to have contingency planning. All the time we have information coming in on how the virus is behaving." Covid rates have been stubbornly high at around 30,000 new infections a day for weeks - though the return of schools hasn't yet shifted the dial. "If we cast our minds back to July 19 many scientists were saying that 'we need to take this slowly, the transmission rates are far too high'.
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