Tier 4 restrictions will 'possibly' be in place until Easter, a senior scientist advising the government has warned. Professor Neil Ferguson told the BBC the new strain of Covid-19 meant it was a race against time to get a vaccine in place.
And he said it was too early to say whether the new strain of the virus spread more easily to children. Asked whether the new Tier 4 rules would have to be in place until Easter, Professor Ferguson said: "Possibly.
I would say the government gets criticised for changing policy all the time. This virus is unpredictable. How people behave is unpredictable. "So we will track the epidemic as we always have done and policy will be formed on the basis of that.
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