Lockdown could be needlessly prolonged because of ministers’ obsession with ‘irrelevant’ R-value
Lockdown could be needlessly prolonged because of the Government’s obsession with bringing the ‘irrelevant’ R value down, MPs and scientists have warned. Ministers are relying on the reproductive ‘R’ figure – the average number of people a coronavirus patient infects – to tell them when it will be safe to unlock the country. Prime Minister … Read more