Dr Hilary Jones gave his opinion on startling scientific reports that children under the age of 10 can hug their grandparents as they can't transmit coronavirus.
Switzerland's health ministry's infectious diseases chief Daniel Koch has said that their scientists have concluded that young children cannot transmit covid-19.
Speaking to Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain today, he said: "So the Swiss findings fly in the face of everything that we've thought about before. "Even if the child is not transmitting the virus in their breath, through respiratory means, certainly the virus can be transmitted by touch." This comes after Dr Hilary offered some advice to parents left incredibly worried over reports on the increase in