The UK Government needs to impose a three-week national lockdown immediately, a top advisor has warned. Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, has said the move is essential if the country is to avoid cases spiralling.
He added that current regional measures will not be effective at stopping rising infection rates. "The current tiered restrictions will not bring the transmission rates down sufficiently or prevent the continued spread of the virus," Sir Jeremy said. "A three-week period of nationally increased restrictions, with the right levels of financial support, will allow us to reset before winter, stop transmission spiralling, protect and prepare health services, give time to get the test-trace-isolate systems fully
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