Dire warnings that Britain will be hit by the Covid third wave sweeping Europe were made today - but an expert tonight warns "it's not inevitable'" The Prime Minister today warned Brits were "facing the same pandemic, we all have the same problems” as European nations, as soaring rates of the South African variant of Covid-19 are recorded in France.
Scientists believe there could be up to 2,000 new cases of the new variant spreading in the country, as Paris on Friday entered lockdown once again amid the third wave and a faltering vaccine rollout.
A month-long lockdown was imposed on the capital and parts of the north of France to curb the spread of highly contagious coronavirus variants.