Coronavirus lockdown measures 'starting to bite but some could be in place for six months'
IT is too early to predict when coronavirus will peak - but lockdown measures are showing promise, says one of the UK's top doctors.
"The reason is we are only just starting to see a bite in the interventions in social distancing that have been put into place.Dr Harries did say however that the country is starting to see "some helpful movement" in the curve. Her comments came as the death toll from Covid-19 jumped by 113 from last night to 578 deaths in the UK.
"And it might be the best opportunity the whole country has to say 'I'm going to use my one exercise session every day to ensure that by the time this is over I'm super fit and so is my family'."Even if you might not have wished to jog along the street before, doing so now might be quite a relief and quite a positive thing for us all to do.
"We had situations where many GP practices and hospitals were understaffed, the staff themselves who were self-isolating were telling us they felt able to work but were following the guidance, and that if they were able to be tested they would come back to work.
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