UK Local COVID-19 Restrictions May Return If South African Variant Isn’t Curbed: Expert

Two women self-administer a COVID-19 test at a mobile CCP virus testing center on Clapham Common in south London, on Apr. 13, 2021. Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images

The UK may need to reimpose local COVID-19 restrictions if the ongoing mass testing operation fails to put the South African variant under control, a medical expert has warned.

“I think there is a significant risk of a wave occurring in the summer,” professor John Edmunds, an expert on infectious diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told ITV’s Peston Podcast.