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Dr. David Nabarro of the World Health Organization (WHO) told Sky News that “there are going to be more spikes” and some “sudden increases in cases.”
The UK is facing a “bumpy ride for the next several months” and the second wave of coronavirus is “coming up,” leading health experts warned.
England’s deputy chief medical officer, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, said Monday that there has been an increase in coronavirus cases across the country because people have become “too relaxed”.
Dr. David Nabarro, special envoy of the World Health Organization for the global response to COVID-19, has said that “the virus will return” when “life resumes.”
When asked by Sky News if the country can expect a second wave, he replied: “It’s coming.
“I don’t like to call it a second wave, I’m just saying there will be more spikes and indeed some spikes in cases because the virus hasn’t changed.
“It is the same virus that came along and caused so much trouble earlier this year.
“He’s been on the prowl, we’ve been very good at containing him by restricting movement and blocking.”
He continued: “Now that life resumes, young people are going to university, there is also some movement with holidays and, of course, work; so I am afraid that means that the virus will return.”
The weekly rate of new COVID-19 cases in the UK has risen above 20 per 100,000 people, the rate at which it considers imposing quarantine measures on people arriving from abroad.
In the seven days to September 7, there were 21.3 cases per 100,000 and a total of 14,227.
There were 13.9 per 100,000 in the seven days through Aug. 31, for a total of 9,259.
There were a further 2,948 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the UK at 9am Monday, following the 2,948 reported on Sunday, which was the largest daily figure since May.
Professor Van-Tam said the latest coronavirus figures were of “great concern”, adding: “This is a virus that we will have to live with, and if we are not careful, if we do not take it incredibly seriously.” From this point on, we are going to have a bumpy ride for the next several months. “
When asked what is behind the increase in cases, he replied: “People have become too relaxed.”
He added: “Now is the time to re-engage and realize that this is an ongoing threat to us.”
England’s deputy chief medical officer issued the warning as Caerphilly in South Wales was preparing to be put under local lockdown and stricter measures were being extended in Scotland.
It comes as Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick told Sky News that there appears to be an increase in the number of cases among young people.
He continued: “Those people… who are having fun, who might go to college this month, they need to exercise a certain degree of caution.
“And especially when they go home and see their elderly relatives.
“It doesn’t mean that they can’t go meet with them, it doesn’t mean that we are under the kind of restrictions that we had earlier this year.
“But I think it does mean exercising that extra degree of common sense this fall.”
