UK 'at risk' of third wave of Covid-19 in January unless right balance is struck

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The UK is at risk of a third wave of coronavirus infections in January unless it gets the balance of restrictions right, a Cabinet minister has warned.

And Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who deputised for Boris Johnson in leading the government's Covid-19 response when the PM was in hospital, told the BBC he would not rule out a third national lockdown to combat another wave of the virus.

Asked if a third wave was a possibility, he said: "There's a risk of that if we don't get the balance right. But so far the R level is coming down, that's really important.

And that's why we're starting with the tiered approach - more restrictive than some people would like, than previously, but that allows us to ease up - but only when..." Host Andrew

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