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‘I suspect the R number will not be under 1 by Christmas’

Epidemiologist Professor John Edmunds says stricter Covid measures may be needed

New restrictions to control the spread of coronavirus in England have exposed a split among scientists. Professor John Edmunds, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told Justin Webb that although the measures were “welcome�, in his view they did not go "anywhere near far enough". When asked if there was a realistic chance the R could be brought under 1 by Christmas, he said: "I suspect not. There's a chance, of course there's a chance." With the Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab.

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