Virus rules in UK aren’t working – 96,000 people a day getting COVID

sky news africa Virus rules in UK aren't working - 96,000 people a day getting COVID

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The COVID-19 epidemic has reached a “critical stage” with almost 100,000 people a day in England being infected as the spread of the coronavirus rapidly increases, scientists have warned.

Researchers from Imperial College London have warned existing measures to control the coronavirus are not working.

And they argue more stringent action is needed nationwide “sooner rather than later”.

The latest round of testing for the widely-respected REACT-1 study suggests one in 78 people across England has the virus. And the epidemic is doubling in size every nine days.

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Stricter measures need to come into force, according to experts

Professor Paul Elliott, one of the lead researchers, said: “We are in a critical period of the second wave of the epidemic.

“We are seeing an increasing rate in the virus in all regions.

“Whatever is happening – be it behaviour (of the public) or implementation of current policy – it has not been sufficient to turn down that rate of increase.”

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