A top scientist has warned that all of England should be placed into Tier 4 coronavirus measures to save lives. There are now more Covid patients in UK hospitals than at any other time during the pandemic and the average number of new infections every day is more than 30,000.
Dr Zubaida Haque sits on Independent Sage, who provide advice to the UK government. They have warned thousands more people will now be infected in the new year owing to the current measures - and the decision to allow limited household mixing on Christmas Day.
Dr Haque today questioned why the government haven’t placed the whole country in the harshest tier of restrictions to save lives. Do you think there should be another national lockdown?
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