One of the UK's top scientists has warned that the UK needs to prepare for a pandemic far deadlier than Covid.
Professor Mark Woolhouse, who was a member of the Scientific Pandemic Infections group on Modelling (SPI-M) which advised the Government during the pandemic, issued the grim alert on Wednesday as the Covid inquiry in London entered its fourth week.
A total of 227,000 people died from Covid in the UK during the pandemic - but the expert in infectious disease epidemiology believes it is likely we will have to face up to a virus in the future which could potentially claim even more lives.
