UK medical experts warn of COVID-19 second wave
Medical experts in the United Kingdom on Wednesday warned the British government to prepare for the “real risk” of a coronavirus second wave just a day after the biggest lifting yet of lockdown restrictions in England.
The letter added that the overriding task was “to ensure that the country is adequately prepared to contain a second phase”. Prime minister Johnson on Tuesday announced what he called the beginning of the end of “national hibernation”, allowing the reopening of large parts of the hospitality, culture and tourism sectors in England from July 4.
The decision was seen as vital to large parts of the economy, which faces recession and large-scale job losses after more than three months of closure and stay-at-home restrictions.A former government chief scientific adviser, David King, told Sky News television that the move was “extraordinarily risky”, and a political decision rather than a scientific one.
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