Good Morning Britain's resident GP Dr Hilary Jones has warned that Covid restrictions could return across the UK as hospitalisations increase. The relaxation of restrictions and the spread of a new variant of Covid has seen infections in the UK increase 48% week on week.
Experts in Australia say the new variant, BA.2, is among the most infectious diseases ever seen - six times more transmissable than original Covid. More than 12,000 people in England are currently in hospital with Covid and in the most recent week more than 700 people died with the virus.
Dr Hilary was asked whether we will be seeing the return of 'lockdown' restrictions. He said on GMB on Wednesday: "I think we will, unfortunately. We are seeing more admissions. Even though this variant is less likely to cause more serious disease and infection, the sheer numbers of people are double when final restrictions were eased two weeks ago.
