Is the UK government ready for a Covid winter?

A scientific report in July made several recommendations to avoid a resurgence. We look at the government response

In mid-July, an Academy of Medical Sciences report urged the government to use the remainder of the summer to prepare for a second wave of coronavirus during the winter.

Commissioned by the government's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, the 79-page study warned that a resurgence of the virus had the potential to kill up to 120,000 hospital patients in a worst-case scenario.