The Telegraph published this video item, entitled “50,000 coronavirus cases per day by mid-October without action now, warn Vallance and Whitty” – below is their description.
Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance have laid the ground for a second lockdown, warning that without further measures the UK will see 50,000 cases a day by mid-October. The Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Adviser held their first Downing Street press conference for many weeks, amid surging cases and rising hospital admissions. The epidemic is now doubling roughly every seven days “if that continues unabated…there would be something like 50,000 cases per day by the middle of October,” Sir Patrick warned. That will lead to “200-plus deaths per day” by November. Today’s warning was to ensure “we do not enter this exponential growth… that requires speed, that requires action and it requires enough [of both] to bring that down,” he added. Prof Whitty urged people to act responsibly, and not to believe that the virus was milder this time around, saying: “This is not someone else’s problem, this is all of our problem”. The pair spoke ahead of Boris Johnson, who is expected to set out new measures in a separate speech tomorrow.
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