Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeThe UK could face Covid cases of 100,000 a day running into autumn with the rate of infection “overshooting” herd immunity, scientists have warned. But Prof Bergstrom is concerned that rising infections delays the time for herd immunity to happen. He tweeted: “Implementing aggressive controls for even a short period around the herd immunity threshold reduces the overshoot and prevents many cases that would have occurred without control. “For this reason, it’s a big mistake to open up right when you're reaching the herd immunity threshold but before the number of current cases – the momentum of the pandemic, so to speak – is low. The rate of new cases of coronavirus in most areas of England is now back at levels last seen during the winter.

Source: Daily Mirror July 11, 2021 05:17 UTC