LONDON – Millions of people in northern England are anxiously waiting to hear how much further virus restrictions will be tightened as one of the British government's leading medical advisers warned Sunday that the country is at a crucial juncture in the second wave of the coronavirus.England's deputy chief medical officer, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, said the U.K.
is at a “tipping point similar to where we were in March” following a sharp increase in new coronavirus cases.“But we can prevent history repeating itself if we all act now,” he said.