goes to plan, the Government s top scientific advisers warned today.
Senior SAGE sources said that while the vaccines prevent the vast majority of people from falling ill and dying from coronavirus,
they are not good enough to see all curbs lifted without a big epidemic .
All legal limits on social contact were to be abolished by June 21 as part of the final stage of the Prime Minister s four-step route out of the crisis. It was hoped that festivals, sports events and nightclubs would reopen and that families and friends could reunite in large numbers after that date for the first time since winter 2020.
The vaccine sales job will continue today for Biden, who will visit a COVID-19 vaccination site today in nearby Northern Virginia as the administration of shots continues to ramp up nationwide.
According to the Bloomberg News’s latest tracking figures, the U.S. vaccinated more than 3 million people on every day from Thursday through Sunday, the first time that had happened on four consecutive days. On average, 3.1 million Americans are receiving shots daily.
Andy Slavitt, a White House COVID-19 senior adviser, told reporters on Monday that more than 40 percent of adults have received at least one vaccine dose and that nearly 1 in 4 adults are now fully vaccinated.
The Government will need to decide whether it can manage further rises in Covid-19 infection with testing or full-scale controls, an expert has said, as scientists predict a third wave will hit the UK.
Dr Mike Tildesley, from the University of Warwick and a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M) group, said “there may well be” a third wave of cases across the country but probably not as high as some have predicted.
He expects a rise in infections as more social mixing is permitted over the summer, with all legal limits on social contact due to lift in England on June 21, but scientists are divided on the scale of the expected wave.
UK s top modelling body gives detailed projection of third coronavirus spike as restrictions are lifted
Most people hospitalised in the third wave are expected to have received two doses of a vaccine
15:53, 6 APR 2021
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