Professor Jonathan Van-Tam's remarks come as three scientists warn the relaxing of the lockdown may be happening too early.
number is the measure of how many people will be infected for every one person who has the disease.Professor Edmunds told Sky News:"Small changes can put that reproduction number up above one. The more important thing is that we still have a lot of cases."
"TTI has to be in place, fully working, capable dealing any surge immediately, locally responsive, rapid results & infection rates have to be lower. And trusted." He urged the public to follow the guidance, adding:"Don't tear the pants out of it, and don't go further than the guidance actually says."
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