Prof Andrew Hayward says level of infections could soon lead to substantial pressure on NHS
Any lifting of Covid restrictions this month will “fan the flames” of rising infections in England and could lead to similar levels as last winter’s second wave within two months, one of the government’s leading scientific advisers has said.
Prof Andrew Hayward, an adviser on the Sage and Nervtag committees, said the country should be slowing down rather than speeding up its return to normality, before an expected announcement by Boris Johnson on Monday of a delay to the final removal of lockdown restrictions, which was pencilled in for 21 June.
