10pm closing time will have 'trivial' effect on spread of Covid says government scientific adviser
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dailyrecord.co.ukvisiting other households does not go far enough, according to a top scientist on the UK Government's advisory committee.Professor John Edmunds, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, welcomed that the governments had "done something" but said curfews on bars and restaurants was likely to have a minimal effect.He said: "Overall I don't think that the measures have gone anywhere near far enough.
In fact I don’t even think the measures in Scotland have gone far enough."He told the BBC: "I think working from home if you can is certainly a good idea.
I think that the measures in terms of closing bars an hour early and restaurants at 10pm, I mean, nobody goes to a restaurant after 10 anyway, that's fairly trivial.
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