Prognosis
U.K. Faces Tighter Covid Rules to Bring Outbreak Under Control
- Chief scientific adviser Vallance: Virus spreading everywhere
- 80,000 person survey suggests restrictions may be working
From left, Chris Whitty, Boris Johnson and Patrick Vallance attend a Covid-19 news conference in London on Sept. 30.
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The U.K.’s coronavirus outbreak is not under control, the government’s chief scientist said, as Boris Johnson warned tighter rules may be needed.
“Numbers of cases are going up, hospitalizations are going up, ICUs are going up, and unfortunately, very sadly so are deaths,” Government Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance said. “We don’t have this under control at the moment.”