A top coronavirus advisor to the Government has claimed there are signs the UK’s outbreak appears to be slowing down. Professor Neil Ferguson said the UK is showing early indications its Covid-19 infection rate is dropping.
He said different parts of the country appear to be experiencing the pandemic at different rates but overall NHS hospital admission rates are declining.
The Imperial College London professor said the virus has not yet “plateaued” so the infection numbers are increasing each day.
But he claimed “the rate of that increase has slowed”. Professor Ferguson said the decline could absolutely be attributed to strict social distancing measures brought in by the Government a week ago.