Pressure grows on No 10 to prevent Christmas Covid surge
by Peter Walker, Nicola Davis and Steven Morris from Science | The Guardian on (#5BMP9)
Downing Street says there are no plans to review guidance on household mixing or schools
Ministers are coming under growing scientific and political pressure - including from the Tory benches - to prevent a surge" in coronavirus cases connected to Christmas, as Downing Street rejected calls for any measures to mitigate the impact.
Conservative MPs, scientists and doctors called for a rethink of the policy allowing three households to mix indoors over Christmas, or for schools to take longer breaks over the festive period to curb the spread of Covid, but No 10 said there were no plans for either.
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