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BREAKING: UK faces 49,000 COVID cases a day by mid-October without action

Sky, 21 Sep 2020
The UK could see 49,000 new coronavirus cases a day by mid-October without further restrictions, the Government's chief scientific adviser has warned.

Sir Patrick Vallance told a Downing Street briefing that the number of new cases was doubling roughly every seven days.

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