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'Worst-case' UK winter could see 120,000 more coronavirus deaths in second wave

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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

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