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LONDON, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) – The next fortnight will be “absolutely crucial” in ensuring the end of England’s one-month shutdown on Dec. 2 as planned, a British government science adviser said Saturday.
Professor Susan Michie, who is part of the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), said the next two weeks will be “very challenging, partly because of the weather (and) partly because, I think, the promise of a vaccine. it may be to make people feel complacent. “
Michie told BBC Radio 4’s Today show: “It is highly unlikely that the vaccine will arrive until the end of the year or early next year and that will not make any difference in the current second wave.”
“So I think that for the next two weeks, everyone has to put all their determination,” he added.
England last week entered a nationwide lockdown until Dec. 2, the second of its kind since Britain’s coronavirus outbreak, in a bid to quell the coronavirus resurgence.
Another 27,301 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,317,496, according to official figures released on Friday.
Coronavirus-related deaths in Britain rose by 376 to 51,304, the data showed.
Britain is the first European nation to record more than 50,000 deaths from coronavirus. It is the fifth country in the world to reach the tragic milestone, after the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico.
To return life to normal, countries such as Britain, China, Germany, Russia and the United States are racing against time to develop vaccines against the coronavirus. Final product
