UK should ‘prepare for the worst’ this winter, medical expert tells MPs

The UK must “prepare for the worst” this winter, instead of relying on the development of a successful coronavirus vaccine, an expert has said.

Sir John Bell, regius professor of medicine at Oxford University, told MPs too many assumptions had already been made during the course of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Instead, he said, it would be advisable to prepare for the colder weather, and flu season, without depending on a breakthrough from researchers working on a vaccine.

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