Covid-19 could hit Scotland despite the vaccine rollout, one scientist warns. Professor Andrew Hayward said a fourth wave across all of the UK is 'still likely' as some people are still not vaccinated.
Although he added that any future wave of the deadly bug would be less dangerous, as so many people have received either one or two jabs.
Professor Hayward, from University College London, said: "I think another wave is possible, likely even."I guess the difference is that another wave will cause substantially fewer deaths and hospitalisations because of high levels of vaccination across the sorts of people who would have ended up in hospital or unfortunately dying if they haven't been vaccinated."So the consequences of another wave are less..