Prof Paul Hunter, from the University of East Anglia.
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An expert in infectious diseases at the University of East Anglia believes it is now likely that the government will delay the full easing of Covid restrictions on June 21.
And Prof Paul Hunter, professor in medicine at the UEA in Norwich, said he believed the country was now in the third wave of Covid-19 infections.
Prime minister Boris Johnson.
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Prof Adam Finn, of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) and Prof Ravi Gupta, a member of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), have both suggested the government should delay.
The job of the Covid-19 vaccination programme is not yet “done”, an immunisation expert has said as scientists are split on whether the Government should press ahead with the final stages of easing social restrictions later this month.
Professor Adam Finn, of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said there are still many people who are vulnerable to the effects of Covid-19 as he warned “the idea that somehow the job is done is wrong”.
Experts are divided over whether the final stage of easing social restrictions should press ahead on June 21 amid a surge in cases of the new variant first identified in India.