UK official warns of hard months ahead amid high COVID rates
ABC News
England’s deputy chief medical officer says too many people believe the pandemic is over, and has warned that the U_K_’s very high coronavirus rates and rising deaths mean there are “hard months to come in the winter.”
LONDON -- England’s deputy chief medical officer said Wednesday that too many people believe the pandemic is over, warning that the U.K.’s very high coronavirus rates and rising deaths mean that there are “hard months to come in the winter.”
Jonathan Van-Tam also said he was worried that increasing numbers of deaths showed infections were “now starting to penetrate into older age groups.”
Coronavirus “rates are still very high at the moment. They are higher than in most of Europe,” Van-Tam told the BBC. “We are running quite hot. And, of course, it’s of concern to scientists that we are running this hot this early in the autumn season.”
“I personally feel there are some hard months to come in the winter and it’s not over,” he added.
