The reopening of schools will have an impact on infection rates that could affect the roadmap for lifting restrictions, Boris Johnson has warned, as England’s deputy chief medical adviser said infections were still at a rate where a fourth wave could take off.
Johnson warned that the number of patients being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 each day was eight times higher than ‘the lows of last summer’ – and reiterated that people must still follow the ‘stay at home’ message
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