Up to 120,000 people could die of coronavirus during a worst-case scenario if a potentially more deadly second wave strikes Britain in the winter, health experts have warned.
With Covid-19 more likely to spread in colder temperatures and with people spending more time together in enclosed spaces, a resurgence of the killer bug could prove catastrophic.
Stephen Holgate, a professor and co-lead author of a report by Britain's Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS), said a second outbreak "could be more serious than the one we've just been through". "This is not a prediction, but it is a possibility," Holgate told an online briefing on Tuesday. "Deaths could be higher with a new wave of Covid-19 this winter, but the risk of this happening could be