A young mathematics academic who said he has correctly predicted the course of the coronavirus pandemic has warned that it might never end unless we have an extended lockdown.
Luthais McCash, a research fellow at the University of Leicester specialising in applied mathematics and mathematical modelling, says his background has given him a good insight into the pandemic.
The 26-year-old says he started out in mathematical biology at the University of Dundee, and that his first academic paper, looking at how to model the spread of cancer, was published at the age of 16, KentLive reports.
At the time, a local newspaper in Scotland where he grew up had labelled him a 17-year-old "gene genius". Mr McCash says he has warned on various podcasts