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In less than a fortnight, Boris Johnson will announce whether the final stage of lockdown easing will take place as planned on June 21. Here, we examine the impact of continuing restrictions:
A number of areas in Southend have been highlighted on the coronavirus hotspots map following a small rise in the infection rate in the borough.
Scientists show third Covid wave could see highest hospitalisation rates yet as variant could 'outsprint' vaccine roll-out More transmissable variants could cause 6,000 hospital admissions a day - even among a fully vaccinated population The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribi...
Prof Finn, from the University of Bristol, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “There’s vulnerability across the country. The idea that somehow the job is done is wrong. “We’ve still got a lot of people out there who’ve neither had this virus … nor yet been immunised, and that’s why we’re in a vulnerable position right now.” He told LBC that pressing ahead with the easing of restrictions on June 21 “may be a bad decision”. Professor Ravi Gupta, a member of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), said a delay of a few weeks could...
The UK has not reported any deaths linked to Covid-19 for the first day since summer last year. No deaths within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 were reported on Tuesday, according to the Government. It is the first time this has happened since July 30, 2020. Meanwhile scientists continue to debate whether the Government should press ahead with the final stages of easing social restrictions later this month. Downing Street has indicated that Boris Johnson still sees nothing in the data to suggest the plan to end all legal lockdown restrictions on June 21 will need to be delayed. Aske...