‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson has warned there will be a ‘significant surge’ in Covid cases this winter.
The epidemiologist, whose modelling was instrumental in putting the country into the initial shutdown last spring, said some restrictions might need to be rolled back.
He claimed that if daily cases soar beyond 100,000 to 150,000 there will be ‘significant demands on the health system’.
It comes amid fears of a sharp rise in infections now schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have started to go back after the summer break.
Cases skyrocketed in Scotland when classes resumed in mid-August.
Meanwhile, Gavin Williamson today vowed to ‘move heaven and earth’ to avoid shutting schools again this winter.
The Education Secretary said he was ‘absolutely’ certain pupils will sit exams as normal this year after the fiasco caused by the pandemic this summer and last.
But he admitted face masks and other restrictive measures could make a comeback if infection rates start to spiral.
Mr Williamson even refused to rule out classes taking place outside…
