Sunak said: ‘At the moment the data does not suggest we should immediately be moving to Plan B.’
have joined health groups this morning in calling for measures like compulsory mask-wearing in public, vaccine passports and working from home to be brought in.After a week of similar comments from other ministers, chancellorHe told the BBC: ‘At the moment the data does not suggest we should immediately be moving to Plan B.’
But behind the scenes, the UK Health Security Agency is making preparations to enact the measures, according toRishi Sunak is the latest high profile minister to rule out an immediate move to Plan B measures A UKHSA spokesperson declined to comment on the leak but a government spokesperson told The Guardian ‘we are monitoring all the data closely’.
Professor Adam Finn, who is on the Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation , said Covid-19 hospital admissions and deaths are rising, and warned against complacency in what he said is a ‘worsening’ situation.supports HTML5 video
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