Health
Covid-19: Don’t ‘take brakes off’ Covid measures, says leading scientist – BBC News
Easing rules months before vaccines take effect would be a “huge mistake”, Sage expert says.
media captionProf Peter Openshaw on vaccine developments: “We’re all very excited about this as scientists”
The UK would be making a “terrible mistake” to relax Covid measures just months before vaccines are expected to take effect, a leading scientist said.
Prof Peter Openshaw, a government adviser, said the nation should not “take the brakes off” at this stage “when the end is in sight”.
He said infection rates, numbers in hospital and deaths were all too high.
But he said recent trial results…
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