Warning over possible third wave as UK continues on road map out of lockdown

A nurse checks on a patient suffering with Covid-19 in a critical care unit (PA)

There could be a “resurgence” of Covid-19 infections as the country continues on its route out of lockdown, experts have warned.

Dr Mike Tildesley, from the University of Warwick and a member of the Spi-M modelling group which advises the government, said “there may well be” a third wave in the UK but probably not as high as some modelling predicts.