Colchester residents say new lockdown needed to stop Covid spread
It comes as an expert warned national coronavirus restrictions are needed to prevent a “catastrophe”. Professor Andrew Hayward, of the Government’s New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group, said tighter measures are required to tackle the new variant of the virus. He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “I think we are entering a very dangerous new phase of the pandemic and we’re going to need decisive, early, national action to prevent a catastrophe in January and February. “A 50 per cent increase in transmissibility means that the previous levels of res...
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