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Lockdown 1 week earlier could have halved U.K.’s coronavirus death toll: scientist

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COVID-19 could have been halved if lockdown was introduced a week earlier, a former member of the UK government’s scientific advisory group said on Wednesday.Britain has an official death toll from confirmed COVID-19 cases of over 40,000, rising to over 50,000 cases when deaths from suspected cases are included.Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced the lockdown on March 23.

Epidemiologist Neil Ferguson told lawmakers that Britain had taken the right measures against the new coronavirus, but too late.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“The epidemic was doubling every three to four days before lockdown interventions were introduced.

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