For England the R is slightly higher at between 1.1 and 1.2, down from a 1.1-1.3 range the previous week. At least 200 UK frontline health and care workers have now died after contracting coronavirus, it was confirmed on Friday. The figure emerged as England's former chief medical officer claimed the country was ill-prepared for the coronavirus pandemic as officials felt a virus would "never travel this far". "So I did ask, but it was the Public Health England people who said we didn't need to do it, and I'll say that to Parliament. A spokesman for Public Health England added planning for an influenza pandemic was the focus as it was top of the National Risk Assessment.

Source: Daily Mirror November 13, 2020 12:25 UTC