Around 55,000 people in the UK have coronavirus and the aim is for fewer than 20,000 people to die from it, the British Government's chief scientific adviser has said.
Asked whether it was hoped that deaths could potentially get below 20,000, Mr Vallance said: "If we can get numbers down to 20,000 and below, that's a good outcome in terms of where we would hope to get to with this outbreak, but that's still horrible, it's still an enormous number of deaths and an enormous pressure on the health service, and having spent 20 years as an NHS consultant as well as an academic, I know what that looks and feels like.
More stringent restrictions are expected in the coming days, including forcing people with serious health conditions to stay at home for three months to ease pressure on health services.Members of the public have now been banned from attending debates, meeting politicians or visiting. "It will be lengthy, it will be violent... this war will require us to mobilise all our forces," he said.Swiss hospitals could collapse if the new coronavirus keeps spreading rapidly, a top health official has warned, urging people to respect the government's emergency measures to curb the epidemic.
Mr Koch defended the government's policy to focus testing on people most at risk from the new virus and those who might need hospitalisation.
UK is going to let all their old people die, so they can get some of that money back by not paying out as much pensions.
Life is worth more than money
This will hit us hard.🇮🇪