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UK faces 100,000 cases EVERY DAY by July as Indian Covid variant drives up infections by more than a third over last week to 7,738 and Boris Johnson is warned by ministers lockdown rules will remain until next spring
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - The PM all-but confirmed Freedom Day would be pushed back from June 20 to July 19 on Saturday
- Cases continued to rise by more than a third over last week to 7,738 - second-highest daily figure since Feb.
- Independent SAGE's Anthony Costello, of University College London, said the true daily infection figure was likely more than double the 8,000 recorded in tests
- He said: 'In a month you'll be up to 100,000 new cases a day. If the Government takes a gamble and lets rip like Tory backbenchers want, the NHS will be overloaded. Let's wait. Let's stay as we are'
- Tory ministers have warned Mr Johnson that a delay will leave a 'very short window to open up,' with further push-backs leading to a full reopening only next spring - after winter pressures on the NHS cease
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-06-13 |
