Chiefs at Public Health England (PHE) are said to have suggested as many as 80 per cent of Britons will become infected in the next 12 months, according to a leaked document seen by the Guardian. Email webnews@mirror.co.uk(Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)But Professor Chris Whitty, the government’s chief medical adviser, previously said that figure was the worst-case scenario. (Image: Getty Images)Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine at the University of East Anglia, told The Guardian : "For the public to hear that it could last for 12 months, people are going to be really upset about that and pretty worried about that. The document adds: "It is estimated that at least 10% of people in the UK will have a cough at any one time during the months of peak Covid-19 activity." The strategy of all countries is to delay that peak and stretch it out over a longer period of time.

Source: Daily Mirror March 15, 2020 20:53 UTC