Covid-19 is unlikely ever to be eradicated and the outlook for the pandemic remains “pretty bleak” in the medium term, leading Government scientists have said.
England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said the world will continue to see a “significant” number of deaths unless more effort is made to vaccinate the vulnerable globally.
And he warned that while coronavirus may become a “much milder, chronic disease” in the long term, new variants will continue to cause problems.
Chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty (Hollie Adams/PA)
Speaking at a Royal Society online event about Covid-19 on Thursday, Prof Whitty said: “In the medium term, the outlook still looks pretty bleak around the world.
Covid-19 is unlikely ever to be eradicated and the outlook for the pandemic remains “pretty bleak” in the medium term, leading Government scientists have said.
England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said the world will continue to see a “significant” number of deaths unless more effort is made to vaccinate the vulnerable globally.
And he warned that while coronavirus may become a “much milder, chronic disease” in the long term, new variants will continue to cause problems.
Chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty (Hollie Adams/PA)
Speaking at a Royal Society online event about Covid-19 on Thursday, Prof Whitty said: “In the medium term, the outlook still looks pretty bleak around the world.
Covid-19 is unlikely ever to be eradicated and the outlook for the pandemic remains “pretty bleak” in the medium term, leading Government scientists have said.
England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said the world will continue to see a “significant” number of deaths unless more effort is made to vaccinate the vulnerable globally.
And he warned that while coronavirus may become a “much milder, chronic disease” in the long term, new variants will continue to cause problems.
Chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty (Hollie Adams/PA)
Speaking at a Royal Society online event about Covid-19 on Thursday, Prof Whitty said: “In the medium term, the outlook still looks pretty bleak around the world.
Covid-19 is unlikely ever to be eradicated and the outlook for the pandemic remains “pretty bleak” in the medium term, leading Government scientists have said.
England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said the world will continue to see a “significant” number of deaths unless more effort is made to vaccinate the vulnerable globally.
And he warned that while coronavirus may become a “much milder, chronic disease” in the long term, new variants will continue to cause problems.
Chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty (Hollie Adams/PA)
Speaking at a Royal Society online event about Covid-19 on Thursday, Prof Whitty said: “In the medium term, the outlook still looks pretty bleak around the world.
Covid-19 is unlikely ever to be eradicated and the outlook for the pandemic remains “pretty bleak” in the medium term, leading Government scientists have said.
England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said the world will continue to see a “significant” number of deaths unless more effort is made to vaccinate the vulnerable globally.
And he warned that while coronavirus may become a “much milder, chronic disease” in the long term, new variants will continue to cause problems.
Chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty (Hollie Adams/PA)
Speaking at a Royal Society online event about Covid-19 on Thursday, Prof Whitty said: “In the medium term, the outlook still looks pretty bleak around the world.