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Britain is on the brink of a second wave of the pandemic but can still prevent the story from happening again, said Deputy Prime Minister for Scientific Affairs Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, quoted by BNR.
Professor Van-Tam said that the best and easiest way to slow the spread of infection and avoid overloading medical care is for people with symptoms to isolate themselves and get tested, and for everyone else to wash their hands to wear masks and observe social distance.
He pointed out that the country now has more opportunities for testing, knows more about the virus and how to fight it than in the first wave.
However, Van-Tam warned that more deaths could be expected from at least 224,000 Covid-19 infections:
“The country is entering colder and bleaker winter months, we are in the midst of a severe pandemic and the season is against us,” said the professor.
Tomorrow, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce new austerity measures to combat the coronavirus with the introduction of a “three-level local quarantine”, which could ultimately lead to the total cessation of social contacts and the closure of all establishments.
Meanwhile, the students complained about the conditions in which they conduct their self-isolation. The most serious problem is the food supply, which is often out of date. A student at the University of Edinburgh called it “the most expensive prison in Britain”.
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