lockdown tier system being announced today could be outdated by December 2 as cases are already plummeting, one scientist has claimed.
People will today find out which tier their area is to fall under in the tougher three tiers system as the month-long nationwide lockdown comes to an end next week.
However, the tier system is "unjustified", says Professor Carl Heneghan, an epidemiologist and expert in evidence-based medicine at the University of Oxford.
It comes as 9,854 new infections were recorded on Tuesday, half the number of coronavirus cases reported last week at 18,626.
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