The British government was too slow to react on a number of fronts to the novel coronavirus outbreak that could cause the deaths of 40,000 people in the United Kingdom, a leading public health professor said on Friday.
Medical staff are seen at the NHS Nightingale Hospital at the Excel Centre in London, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, London, Britain, April 17, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley
“Where were the system errors that led us to have probably the highest death rates in Europe?,” Anthony Costello, professor of International Child Health and Director of the UCL Institute for Global Health, told the Health and Social Care Committee. Costello said the death toll in the United Kingdom could reach as much as 40,000 and that just 10-15% of the population might then have immunity.“The recent estimates, even from the chief scientific officer, is that after this wave - we could see 40,000 deaths by the time it’s over - we could only have maybe 10%, 15% of the population infected or covered,” he said.TESTING
Asked whether it was likely that less than 2% of COVID deaths were in care homes, Hancock told a parliamentary committee: “No,” adding that the less than 2% figure was out of date.
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
IMF boss says UK should seek longer Brexit transitionBritain should ask for an extension to its post-Brexit transition period to ease uncertainty at a time when the world economy is being hammered by the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the International Monetary Fund said.
Lire la suite »
Germany set to lift lockdown cautiously, while calls for UK exit strategy get louderGermany has set out a roadmap for cautiously lifting coronavirus lockdown measures, while in the U.K. there are growing calls for an explicit exit strategy.
Lire la suite »
Captain Tom, 99, raises $8 million with walk in his UK gardenThis 99-year-old war veteran, captaintommoore, has become a celebrity by raising at least $8 million for Britain’s health service with a walk around his garden in Bedfordshire, England, during the coronavirus crisis 1/3
Lire la suite »
99-year-old World War II veteran raising millions for UK doctorsThis 99-year-old WWII veteran has raised $15 million for health workers in the U.K. by walking the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday.
Lire la suite »
Coronavirus: UK live updates, 12,868 deaths and 98,476 coronavirus cases - Business InsiderBoris Johnson's government is set to extend lockdown measures until early-May. Here's the latest as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across Britain.
Lire la suite »