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Christmas 'at risk' if coronavirus cases keep rising amid full lockdown fears

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Christmas get togethers could be put at risk for millions if the rise in new coronavirus cases continues, an expert has warned.

Ministers are grappling with ways of preventing a second wave after Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he was concerned about rising infection numbers.

Today the Department of Health confirmed a further 2,420 cases, with Northern Ireland cases still yet to reveal its numbers.

It follows increases of 2,948 and 2,948 in the previous two days. Professor John Edmunds, who is a member of the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), told ITV: “The epidemic continues to increase and then we have Christmas. "And that is very difficult.

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