UK Covid warning: ‘We could get into trouble again surprisingly fast’

Chief medical officer for England Chris Whitty during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (Covid-19) (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA)

The UK government’s top medic has warned the number of people in hospital with coronavirus could reach “quite scary” levels within weeks.

Professor Chris Whitty said the UK is “not out of the woods yet”, just hours after Boris Johnson declared it was “highly probable” the worst of the pandemic is over.