UK could have Europe's worst coronavirus death rate, says adviser
by Rowena Mason Deputy political editor from on (#521TF)
Daily death toll shows situation is comparable with other badly hit countries, says Jeremy Farrar
The UK could end up with the worst coronavirus death rate in Europe, one of the government's leading scientific advisers has said.
Prof Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust and a pandemics expert on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said the figures of almost 1,000 daily hospital deaths showed the UK was in a similar situation to other European countries that had been badly affected.
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