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A report by the UK's Health and Social Care Committee and Science and Technology Committee says the government made a "serious" error in not responding faster to the coronavirus pandemic
"I think obviously there is a concern about this new variant, on the other hand there are also things happening this time of year that naturally interrupt transition. "For what it's worth, schools are closed, a lot of workplaces are closed, we've now got people staying at home with enforced isolation - it would be surprising if those things together didn't have quite a significant impact. "We will want to set (this) against the evidence of increased infectiousness in the new variant of the virus." It comes as coronavirus cases in the UK surged on Tuesday to its highest-ever daily rise, after ...