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Daily UK cases have fallen week-on-week since Friday after rocketing at the start of March, which was attributed to the release of restrictions on Freedom Day and the rise of the BA.2 variant.
Oxford University's Sir John Bell, who served as Boris Johnson's testing tsar, praised the effort of scientists over the last two years but was critical of his old employers.
Speaking to MPs on the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, Sir Patrick suggested harsh restrictions could play a part in outbreaks in the future.
The appeal - organised by Dr John Puntis, retired consultant paediatrician and co-chair of Keep Our NHS Public - is calling on Boris Johnson to ditch the plan to stop offering free lateral flows in England.
Scientists called before Commons committee to spell out why their scenarios predicting huge death figures fell short of reality