Dr Hilary tells GMB hugs pose ‘substantial risk’ – as IndianVariant doubles in a week
Dr Hilary Jones warned of the “substantial” risk in hugging other peoplefor close friends and family in England from next Monday, ahead of the lift in social distancing restrictions on June 21.Asked what the risk of Covid was, Dr Hilary told Good Morning Britain: “Biologically it's quite substantial.
"They should be short, they should be selective... hug your children, hug your grandchildren, not promiscuous hugs we're not talking about here, not hugging everybody, not getting too close for too long. “If this is not a point of concern and a point of reconsidering easing restrictions, I don't know what would be.”But one health expert said people "can't go on mothballing ourselves forever" amid the hugging debate.
"But, at the same time, we have to get on with life so we have to just be on the lookout for new spikes of disease and deal with them when they come."
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