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Covid lockdown: what can be done to tighten the rules in England?
From narrowing the definition of key worker to increasing mask use, scientists suggest ways to fight the rising infection rate
With hospitalisations and deaths rising sharply and the NHS struggling to cope, scientists have called for a tightening of lockdown measures in England.
“We’re in a crisis – that crisis is not only killing people, it’s compromising the ability and the effectiveness of the NHS, including its ability to roll out the vaccinations,” said Stephen Reicher, a professor of social psychology at the University of St Andrews and a member of a committee advising the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (Sage).
Read the original article at The Guardian