Skip to main content
Global Edition
Thursday, March 28, 2024

UK's chief scientist warns of lengthy battle against coronavirus

Duration: 00:58s 0 shares 2 views

UK's chief scientist warns of lengthy battle against coronavirus
UK's chief scientist warns of lengthy battle against coronavirus

England’s chief medical officer said on Wednesday it was unrealistic to expect a sudden lifting of all lockdown restrictions, even as ministers say the United Kingdom has reached the peak of the coronavirus outbreak.

''If people are hoping that it’s suddenly going to move from where we are now, in lockdown, suddenly into ‘everything’s gone’, that is a wholly unrealistic expectation,'' Chris Whitty told reporters.

''We’re going to have to do a lot of things for really quite a long period of time.''

You might like