Medical experts ask gov't to postpone coronavirus lockdown

• Published date: 07 January 2021
• Date: 07 January 2021

The council, made up of 13 professors and four doctors from a variety of fields, said that the important indicators that show the need for lockdowns are the number of those seriously ill, mortality rates and strains on the healthcare system. According to the committee, these indicators have been improving slightly in the past few days.

The council members, the majority of which are medical and public health professionals, said that it has not yet been proved that the UK coronavirus mutation is more infectious, resistant to the vaccination or leads to more serious illness and that fear of the mutation was a consideration in deciding to lockdown.

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