The Government must close nurseries, reimpose the two-metre rule and ban travel between regions, experts have warned. Scientists and unions fear simply locking down the country will not be enough to halt the spread of the new mutated coronavirus strain as cases continue to soar.
Professor Andrew Hayward, a member of No10's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), claims Britain may need to do more than "stay at home and wait for the vaccine".
Speaking to Today on BBC Radio 4, he argued while the new national lockdown in England will "clearly save tens of thousands of lives", he fears things have evolved since last March. "I think the virus is different and it may be that the lockdown measures we had are not enough,” he said.
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