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Were fears of a third wave overblown?

11 May 2021

9:45 PM

11 May 2021

9:45 PM

So, the third wave is officially no more. New modelling by SPI-M, the government’s committee on modelling for pandemics, has, at a stroke, eradicated the predicted surge in new infections, hospital admissions and deaths which it had pencilled in for the autumn or winter as a result of lockdown being eased.

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