Health
Matt Hancock dismisses suggestions UK will have Covid herd immunity by Monday – Evening Standard
Hancock: ‘What I prefer to do is watch the data.’
The Health Secretary warned about the really appalling surge of Covid in other parts of the world and said the UK must continue to follow to the Governments cautious lifting of lockdown.
It comes after findings by experts at University College London showed that the UK is expected to pass the threshold for herd immunity by Monday.
Their modelling suggests that the number of those protected against coronavirus, either because they are naturally immune or have had a vaccine, will hit 73.4 per cent…
