'Kamikaze': the experts urging UK to rethink Christmas Covid rules | Politics
First published on Tue 15 Dec 2020 10.55 EST A growing number of experts and politicians are urging the government to rethink plans to relax Covid restrictions over Christmas. They include: Scientists Many are warning that allowing three households to gather for five days will inevitably lead to a rise in infections, a surge in hospital cases, and unnecessary deaths. Prof Andrew Hayward, the director of the UCL institute of epidemiology and healthcare, who has contributed to meetings of the governmentâs Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), has said that to continue with the...
Source: theguardian.com