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Risk in UK lockdown easing too soon: Scientists
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IANS | 30 May, 2020
Scientific advisers to the UK government have warned of the risk of
lifting the lockdown in England, as the country begins the final weekend
before rules change amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it was reported on
Saturday.
Starting from Monday, more than two people will be able
to meet outside and schools in England will also reopen to some pupils,
the BBC reported.
Police have urged people not to break social distancing rules this weekend.
Responding
to the developments, Professor John Edmunds, from the London School of
Tropical Hygiene and Medicine and also a member of Scientific Advisory
Group for Emergencies (Sage), said it was a "political decision" to ease
measures, adding that the levels of coronavirus were still "very high".
Jeremy
Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust and a member of Sage, said in a
tweet that COVID-19 is "spreading too fast to lift lockdown in England"
and NHS test and trace "has to be fully working and infection rates have
to be lower".
Speaking to the BBC, Professor Peter Horby, who
sits on Sage and chairs its NERVTAG subcommittee, said it was important
we "don't lose control".
Professor Sally Bloomfield, of the
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said that people should
not hear the advice and decide to have a barbecue as social distancing
only helped prevent transmission in the air and the virus could be
present on bottles, cutlery and other objects.
Epidemiologist
Professor Sian Griffiths told the BBC that if scientists were in charge
of decisions, lockdown would probably not be eased currently, but she
said there were other factors to consider.
The scientists'
remarks come as the number of COVID-19 cases in the UK increased to
272,607 on Saturday, with 38,243 deaths, which accounts for the highest
fatalities in Europe.
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