Countries should try to eliminate Covid-19, says expert in UK

A public health expert has said there is a need for maximum suppression (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Countries that have the resources and political will “should clearly eliminate Covid-19”, a public health expert has said.

Professor Devi Sridhar said that living with the virus is “too dangerous to health and too destructive to the economy and society” and said it was time to “pivot from flu plan on to SARS plan”.