Britain will have to live with some form of social distancing for over a year to keep the coronavirus transmission rate down, according to the Government’s chief medical officer.

In a frank assessment of the current lockdown measures Professor Chris Whitty chief medical officer for England, said the chances of a vaccine being developed in the next year was “incredibly small” meaning restrictions would have to remain in some shape.Speaking at the Downing Street press conference Whitty said: “I think we should be realistic about that, we’re going to have to rely on other social measures, which of course are very disruptive as everyone is finding at the moment.”He said: “That is what we will have to do, it is likely to be the best combination

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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