No decision yet on new Covid restrictions

Although the government is yet to reach a decision on the latest Covid restrictions, Professor Andrew Hayward (UCL Epidemiology & Health) says that it is crucial to have a few weeks of “more intense control measures” to prevent and mitigate deaths and hospitalisations.

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