Top UK government scientists making direct appeal to the public, warning ‘a critical point has been reached’
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Whitty is speaking now.
He presents a graph showing the rate of spread of Covid (on the left) and the rate of increase (on the right). It is a threat everywhere, he says.
Vallance says around 8% of the population have had the virus, judging by antibody tests.
But that means most people are not protected.
