Health
COVID-19: Infections ‘will rise to pre-lockdown levels’ with return to tier system – BBC Focus Magazine
Sage has warned that there is “little to no scope for loosening of social distancing rules over Christmas” if transmission rates remain high.
Lockdown measures currently in place in England are likely to take the coronavirus R number below one but returning to the previous tiered system will cause infections to rise back to levels seen early in November, Government scientists have said.
In a set of new documents released by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) on Friday, the experts said that if the four-week lockdown measures are well adhered to, the number of hospital admissions and deaths can be expected to fall until…
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