UK failure to lock down earlier cost many lives, top scientist says
by Rowena Mason Deputy political editor from on (#54DP6)
Sage member also says Covid-19 definitely not over' and urges caution in easing lockdown
One of the UK government's leading scientific advisers has said the failure to enter lockdown sooner has cost a lot of lives" and that Britain should not relax its guard, as ministers push ahead with an accelerated programme of easing restrictions.
Prof John Edmunds, an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said the coronavirus epidemic was definitely not over" and cautioned that loosening measures too quickly could mean infections coming back very fast.
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