coronavirus strain, believed to spread far quicker than the first one, continues to infect people in London and the South East at a rapid rate.
Dr Zubaida Haque, who is part of Sage, asked on Twitter why the entire country is not under the toughest measures given the amount of people currently in hospital with the virus.Dr Haque said: “Given that we surpassed 70,000 #COVID19 deaths in UK on Christmas Day, and there are now more patients with coronavirus in hospital than at any point in the pandemic, why hasn’t the government implemented #tier4 restrictions everywhere in the UK? @IndependentSage are very worried.“Given the crisis situation we’re in with the highest number of daily deaths with #COVID19 in 2nd wave, with 1000s more likely to.