Coronavirus news update – Summer holidays WILL kill people and UK will be hit by THIRD wave of covid cases, experts say

BRITS’ summer holidays will cause deaths and a third wave of coronavirus hitting the UK is likely, experts have warned.

Professor Calum Semple of the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) Sky News: “The concern at present is that in countries where there’s less vaccination and a very strong third wave, that’s the perfect breeding ground for further variants of concern.

“So, at this point, Britain has got its act together, the concern is as this third wave is going on elsewhere, that will generate new variations. Even within Britain there is a likelihood of a third wave in potentially July and August time when we do unlock society.

“That third wave we would expect to occur in people that are less susceptible to very severe disease. It’s inevitable as we unlock there will be an rise in cases, the key here is have we won the race to vaccinate the most vulnerable members of society so we can keep society open this time.”

And speaking on Good Morning Britain this morning Dr Hilary Jones warned that summer holidays abroad could result in “more hospitalisations and more deaths”.

He said: “It’s international travel that is transmitting the virus more quickly than anything else. Aircraft and people being able to move very quickly throughout the world.

“We don’t want to go back to the position we were in a year ago, if we are too lax with the regulations we will have another wave, we will have more people in hospital, we will have more deaths again and people will suffer with their mental health, they will suffer with education.

“That’s why it’s really imperative that people take this seriously still and obey the regulations which are set down by the government but are advised by scientists.”

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