New coronavirus outbreaks 'inevitable without robust UK strategy'

Scientists warn of rolling lockdowns if government fails to reconsider its approach

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Further outbreaks of coronavirus and rolling lockdowns are inevitable under government plans to ease restrictions and send people back to work in England without a robust strategy to suppress Covid-19, an independent group of scientists has warned.

The experts convened by Sir David King, a former chief scientific adviser, urged ministers to reconsider the dangerous" strategy of managing the spread of Covid-19 and adopt widespread decentralised testing, tracing and isolation to tackle the epidemic across the UK.