Covid peak after rules end 'could put burden' on NHS
Prof Graham Medley speaking ahead of 19 July restriction easing in England.
England will move to the final stage of easing Covid restrictions on 19 July, but Boris Johnson said the "pandemic was not over" as he urged "caution".
Martha Kearney spoke to Graham Medley, chair of SPI-M and Professor of infectious disease modelling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
He said even if we don't get up to very high Covid numbers, the numbers we get up to might last for six weeks or so.
He added "although we might not get over 2,000 hospital admissions a day that's still a considerable burden on health care".
(Image: Person wearing a stethoscope; Credit: PA)
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