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Guardian. Sage member Prof Graham Medley said: "A new variant that was able to overcome immunity significantly would be essentially a new virus."He added: “The advantage would be that we know we can generate vaccines against this virus – and relatively quickly.

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coronavirus could delay the lifting of the UK’s national lockdown and even force the country to go "backwards" as society moves on from the pandemic. Professor Graham Medley, who sits on the SAGE group that advises the Government, warned the mutual Brazilian strain may be able to "break through" previously acquired immunity.He said the world will be faced with variants "in the next six months" and added that there will "always be a risk" but monitoring will be a "crucial step" in deciding how the virus moves through the community.

The emergence of the Brazil Covid variant in the UK could lead to the end of lockdown being delayed or even reversed, a top scientist has suggested.

coronavirus might still be causing lockdowns in two years' time, according to an infectious diseases expert.

coronavirus wave could hit the NHS with 20 times more patients than the second peak, experts have warned.It is thought a third peak would bring a far higher number of inpatients in hospitals than those seen during the September and October wave that triggered a second national lockdown in England.In November, two advisers of the Government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) warned the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions for Christmas could lead to another wave of the pandemic.NHS hospitals would be overrun due to increased transmission and there would be more unnecessary deaths according to Professor Andrew Hayward, an epidemiologist at University College London.Professor Graham Medley, an infectious disease modelling expert

Pubs could be forced to re-enter lockdown as a payoff for children returning to schools, a top medical expert has warned amid the ongoing fight against coronavirus. Professor Graham Medley, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), and a scientist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has warned the measure may be necessary in the continued fight against the Covid-19 virus due to increasing infection rates among the young.

The UK is getting ready to enter its third week in lockdown, with people instructed to stay at home to curb the spread of coronavirus.

The UK may need to reconsider a “herd immunity” strategy to defeat coronavirus, a senior adviser to the Prime Minister has warned.

Britain's public health officials failed to draw up plans for mass community testing, despite warnings about coronavirus from the World Health Organisation.