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Top Government adviser warns third wave of coronavirus in the UK 'entirely possible'

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A top expert advising the Government said a third wave of coronavirus is “entirely possible”. Professor Mark Woolhouse, an infectious diseases expert at Edinburgh University who sits on the Government's virus modelling group, said lockdowns only kick the problem down the road.

Asked if there could be a third wave, Prof Woolhouse told BBC's Andrew Marr Show: "Well that is entirely possible. "The scenario mentioned earlier does actually include this possibility. "This is another demonstration that lockdown doesn't solve the problem - it defers it. "That is why we need some kind of cavalry on the horizon. "Or alternatively if we think a vaccine isn't going to be available in six months, or 12 months or two years, or whenever it may be, we do

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