"There’s an awful long way to go and if we relax then this epidemic will come back very fast. I think that has cost a lot of lives, unfortunately.”Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he disagreed. (Image: PA)Yet Health Secretary Matt Hancock today admitted the coronavirus 'alert level' is still at 4 - unchanged since lockdown began on March 23. SAGE expert Prof Edmunds told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: "I would still prefer to see the cases come down lower than they are at the moment. Asked if he was "sure" the timing of lockdown had not cost lives, he said: "I am sure.

Source: Daily Mirror June 07, 2020 09:17 UTC