It came as the UK recorded another 7,540 coronavirus cases - the highest daily total since February 26 - alongside six more deaths. Asked if delaying the road map date would make a difference, Prof Ferguson said: "Yes, because it allows more people to get second doses." He said efficacy for the second dose against the variant first identified in India was higher than after one dose. Earlier in the briefing, he said the the country has not yet seen a "huge surge in transmission from step three" of the road map for England, "but that may still be coming". Prof Ferguson said it was currently difficult to resolve how cases "will translate into hospitalisations, but it's well within the possibility that we could see a third wave at least comparable in terms of hospitalisations, maybe not as severe, as the second wave.

Source: Daily Mirror June 09, 2021 18:01 UTC