Easing UK's Covid-19 lockdown may create even bigger second wave, ICU doctor fears

Dr Ron Daniels said there was still so little known about the number of infections.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has urged Scots to stay at home despite the guidance (Jeff J Mitchell/PA)

An intensive care doctor says he feels it is still “too risky” to reduce coronavirus restrictions in the UK, adding he fears moving too soon could create a second wave of infections that’s “even bigger than the first”.

Dr Ron Daniels, a consultant at Birmingham Hospital, told the PA news agency he had seen a “chink of light”, with some capacity and bed space returning at his unit after weeks of battling the virus.