Do the latest figures suggest the UK's strategy should have been different? 'Moving past 20,000 deaths just reminds everybody... it is still absolutely critical we continue to follow social distancing,' says NHS England's Prof Stephen Powis Latest:
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Home Secretary Priti Patel and officials set a sombre tone on the day that the hospital death toll passed 20,000 – but when asked, they declined to say whether the loss of life meant the UK should have adopted a different strategy While car crime, burglary and shoplifting had fallen, Ms Patel said some"sophisticated" criminals were seeking to exploit the situation. Online scams have cost the public £2.4m while criminals have also tried to sell fraudulent protective equipment and coronavirus testing kits, she said
Prof Stephen Powis from NHS England stressed that social distancing was working, bringing down the numbers in hospital, but said that evidence of increased motor vehicle use was causing"a little bit of concern"at meetings of scientists advising on the pandemic, Prof Powis said the advice and contributions came from the scientists – but he did not reveal what, if anything, Mr Cummings...
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