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UK in for 'pretty grim' period of Covid-19 deaths, warns Government's top scientist

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The UK is in in for a "pretty grim" period of Covid-19 deaths, the Government's top scientist has warned. His stark warning came as the daily reported death toll reached an all time high.

Chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said "we're in a period of high death numbers" which will not "reduce quickly".

Speaking to ITV's Peston programme, Sir Patrick said: "The daily numbers jump around a bit but I think we are in a position now - when you look at the number of infections we've had over the past few weeks and how this is likely to continue, so I don't think they're going to drop very quickly - that I'm afraid we're in a period of high death numbers that's going to carry on for some weeks. "It's not going to come down quickly even

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