‘Difficult call’ awaits Boris over June 21 unlocking
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June 5, 2021
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a “very difficult” call on whether to drop restrictions on June 21 given the “more negative direction” of the data, according to a leading expert.
Professor Neil Ferguson, whose modelling was instrumental to the UK locking down in March 2020, said a “cautious” approach is needed as the government balances the potential risks against a desire for normality.
He also said that news on the variant first identified in India is not positive as it could be anywhere between 30 per cent and 100 per cent more transmissible than the previously dominant Kent variant, also known as Alpha.
Chris Hopson said the number of people in hospital with India variant was not increasing very significantly
Many in hospital in hotspot Bolton are younger than in earlier waves, therefore less at risk of complications
Matt Hancock said link between cases and deaths has been broken but not completely severed by vaccines
7 out of 9,427 vaccinated people infected with the new strain by the end of May were admitted to hospital
By comparison, 90 unvaccinated people were admitted in same time, figures published on Thursday showed
Anyone arriving back in the UK from the southern European country after that time will have to self-isolate for 10 days following its removal from the green travel list.
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