UK may see a summer surge in COVID-19 cases as curbs are eased: Scientist

The UK is likely to see a ldquosummer surgerdquo in Coronavirus cases as many adults were still not vaccinated against the disease a British government advisory scientist saidOn Wednesday Professor Adam Finn of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation JCVI an independent expert advisory committee that advises health departments on immunisation said modelling shows Coronavirus cases will rise in the summer as lockdown is relaxed Xinhua news agency reportedldquoThe models that wersquove seen on JCVI clearly point to a summer surge in cases as the lockdown is relaxed because there are still many people in the adult population whorsquove not been immunisedrdquo he told the BBC Finn from the University of Bristol said the UK is still ldquovulnerablerdquo and the dates for easing restrictions may need adjusting ldquoQuite a wide range of uncertaintyrdquo remains over how big the wave would be ldquobecause it depends on how quickly the vaccine rollout continuesrdquo he said It also depends on whether people will stick to the rules as lockdown is eased he saidldquoIf people move too far forward with that too fast wersquoll see things start to come up earlierrdquo Finn said ldquoThe sense that the problem is all over Irsquom afraid is a flawed one wersquore still in a vulnerable situation and there are still significant numbers of people who potentially could be harmed by this infection if this happensrdquoPrime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that as the UK continues to make progress in the fight against Coronavirus ldquowe cannot delude ourselvesrdquo that the virus has gone away He noted that the majority of scientific experts are of the view that there will be another wave at some stage this year and Britons must learn to live with the virusOver 200 million jabs administered in the USMore than 200 million shots of COVID19 vaccines have been administered in the US according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention President Joe Biden also announced on Wednesday that the country has hit 200 million COVID19 shots a target he had set out to meet by the end of April Biden said the country is entering a new phase in its vaccination efforts as it starts to shift the focus from getting the vaccine to those most at risk to the general populationGreek PM presents way to ease curbsGreek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented a ldquoroadmaprdquo for the further reopening of his countryrsquos economy in May amid the pandemic Greece has been under a lockdown since November 7 2020 which is now being gradually easedBrsquodesh resumes domestic flightsThe Bangladesh government has decided to resume domestic flights in a reduced capacity after weeks of suspension amid the pandemic The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh in a circular issued on Wednesday said it decided to resume all seven domestic routes except one in the sea beach town of Coxrsquos BazarUK says no to extra flights from IndiaHeathrow Airport in London has declined requests from four aircraft carriers to land eight extra flights from India on Thursday ahead of the pandemic ldquored listrdquo travel ban which comes into force from Friday The airport said the decision to decline requests for additional flights was taken to ensure that the existing pressures on the border are not ldquoexacerbatedrdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever