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UK COVID death toll could reach 80,000 if virus isn’t contained, experts warn – 7NEWS.com.au
The “worst case” of 80,000 dead from coronavirus could be exceeded in Britain if something can’t be done to reduce infections.
COVID-19 infections are rising so persistently in the United Kingdom that unless something can be done to reduce infections, the reasonable worst case of 80,000 dead could be exceeded, scientists say.
Britain has recorded more than 20,000 new coronavirus cases a day on average in the past week but the government has resisted a new national lockdown even as France and Germany reintroduce country-wide restrictions.
British government scientists say numbers are heading in the wrong direction.
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