UK medical chiefs eye major fall in COVID-19 deaths by early 2021

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LONDON: The arrival of a vaccine should see coronavirus deaths in Britain reduce 'significantly' by early next year but social mixing over ...

But the country's health chiefs warned that vaccine deployment will have"only a marginal impact in reducing numbers coming into the health service with COVID-19 over the next three months".Deploying the vaccines"safely, rapidly and in a sequence which is most likely to reduce mortality" will also be"a very considerable logistical exercise", they added.

"The social mixing which occurs around Christmas may well put additional pressure on hospitals and general practice in the New Year and we need to be ready for that," said the CMOs.Britain has recorded more than 60,000 deaths of those testing positive for the virus, the worst toll in Europe.

 

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