AdvertisementBritain will not return to normal until at least next year, Chris Whitty warned todayBritain will not return to a pre-pandemic normal this year even though ministers are pressing ahead with Freedom Day, Chris Whitty warned today. But, in a glimmer of hope, Professor Whitty claimed he anticipated that the UK could return to the 'status quo' by next spring. Covid hospital admissions and deaths are expected to rise in the weeks and months after July 19, when all social distancing measures are due to be lifted in England. Yesterday at a Downing Street press conference, Professor Whitty backed the Government's plans to push ahead with July 19 in the face of surging infection numbers. Covid deaths also jumped their highest level since the end of April, increasing 20.3 per cent in a week.

Source: Daily Mail July 06, 2021 18:00 UTC