covid strains and seasonal flu will surge at the same time. Dr. Susan Hopkins said that mutant strains of coronavirus from other countries could still pose a risk despite the high vaccine rollout.There is also the possibility that people will be less immune than usual to flu next winter as it has spread less due to lockdown so people’s immunity may be lower.Dr.
Hopkins, who is Public Health England’s Covid-19 response director, emphasised that this does represent a “worst-case scenario”, but that the UK must be more ready than it was last autumn to tackle the challenges of winter.“We will need to be ready for an autumn that could be challenging as these variants are there,” she told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show.She also stressed that the.