Coronavirus could kill 85,000 in 'worst-case' winter scenario, leaked SAGE report says
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mirror.co.ukThere could be as many as 85,000 deaths from the coronavirus in the UK this winter, a leaked SAGE report says. The document, compiled by the government's scientific advisory committee, outlined what it described as a "reasonable worst-case scenario".
It said there could be 81,000 coronavirus deaths in England and Wales, 2,600 in Scotland and 1,900 in Northern Ireland, reports BBC Newsnight.
The leaked report also says that more restrictions could be reintroduced but schools were likely to remain open. The SAGE report aims to prepare healthcare and council services for all eventualities and it stresses the details are "scenarios not predictions".
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