Government scientists believe it is now inevitable the whole country will end up in some form of lockdown. SAGE is advising it’s not too late to save Christmas – but it would now take a lockdown longer than two weeks
Government scientists believe it is now inevitable that the whole country will end up in some form of lockdown if we are to prevent more than 500 Covid deaths a day over Winter.
Advisers leading the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) are reportedly pushing Boris Johnson to U-turn again and institute a national circuit break.
They believe the data now suggests every region will eventually end up with at least Tier 3 restrictions.
Sage is advising that it is not too late to save Christmas but a national lockdown longer than the originally recommended two-week circuit break is needed.
Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, the deputy chief medical officer, had publicly backed the PM’s local restrictions at a recent Downing Street briefing but is understood to be changing his mind.
Sir Patrick Vallance, chief scientific advisor and head of Sage, is known to be in favour of stricter restrictions.
