UK is at 'tipping point' of Covid crisis, says senior health official

Jonathan Van-Tam says UK must act quickly to avoid history repeating itself'

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The UK is at a tipping point" in the Covid-19 crisis and must act swiftly to avoid history repeating itself", the deputy chief medical officer, Jonathan Van-Tam, has said.

In a stark warning highlighting the worst is yet to come if we don't all act now", Van-Tam said the country was at a tipping point similar to where we were in March" and that the approach of winter made the situation even more grave.