'If we have a circuit break now, what's going to happen next?' Dr_Ellie says new 'circuit break' lockdown rules are not a long-term solution - and the risks of COVID19 must be weighed against the increased risk of deaths from other illnesses. Latest:
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Matt Hancock, the health secretary, on Friday told Sky News that a national lockdown was the"last line of defence". "The instinct of the PM is that he has to keep this virus under control, because if there is a spike, it falls on his shoulders. I do feel for him." According to the Financial Times, experts on the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies and the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling have suggested a new national lockdown.
He added:"It isn't something that we ever take off the table but it isn't something that we want to see either, it is the last line of defence." Baroness Dido Harding, head of the National Institute for Health Protection, says that access to testing must be prioritised.
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