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UK will live under Covid restrictions 'for at least nine more months'

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The UK will live under Covid-19 restrictions for at least nine more months, Prof Chris Whitty is set to warn today. England's chief medical officer believes there is little chance of a vaccine breakthrough before Christmas – and says our best hope now is of finding one before winter 2021.

Prof Whitty also warns that the coronavirus R rate could leap above 1 when children return to school – fuelling fears of more local lockdowns.

He and the chief medical officers for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland stressed there were “no risk-free options” and that sending pupils back to class had to be weighed up against keeping them away.

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