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UK measures will last 'several months' - health chief
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London, 17 March 2020, TON: England’s deputy chief medical officer has insisted the stricter measures to tackle the coronavirus had not been introduced too late.
Prof Jonathan Van-Tam told: “We are following the science very carefully and consider the measures we announced yesterday have been announced at the right time - not too early and certainly not too late."
“We don’t rule out taking further measures if these are necessary but much of this depends on how the next two weeks play out.”
He could not rule out the strict measures having to last for a year but predicted they would last at least “several months”.
The more people will encounter the coronavirus and become resistant with herd immunity, but “that will take time”.
“But, yes, you’re absolutely right that we can’t say how long this will need to go on for,” he said.
“I don’t know if it could be a year yet. I think we are too far out to make those kind of predictions but I certainly think it could be several months.”
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