"SAGE doomsters push back on easing lockdown any time soon: No10 advisers say Covid infections must fall from 750,000 to fewer than 10,000, the Rule of Six should stay for a YEAR and we could be wearing masks FOREVER
Sir Jeremy Farrar said infections must fall to 10,000, 75 times lower than the level he estimates at present
Professor John Edmunds warned less restrictive measures like face masks may be in place 'forever'
He also warned the variant of the virus found in Bristol may be able to dodge immunity from Covid vaccines
Public Health England has so far found 21 cases of the Bristol variant, including 14 in the city region
It's an evolved version of Kent variant but has a mutation that could make it easier to evade current immunity"
Covid UK: New Bristol variant could reinfect vaccinated, SAGE warns | Daily Mail Online
Sir Jeremy Farrar said infections must fall to 10,000, 75 times lower than the level he estimates at present
Professor John Edmunds warned less restrictive measures like face masks may be in place 'forever'
He also warned the variant of the virus found in Bristol may be able to dodge immunity from Covid vaccines
Public Health England has so far found 21 cases of the Bristol variant, including 14 in the city region
It's an evolved version of Kent variant but has a mutation that could make it easier to evade current immunity"
Covid UK: New Bristol variant could reinfect vaccinated, SAGE warns | Daily Mail Online
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