UK will see ‘quite a lot more’ COVID deaths – England’s Chief Medical Officer

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will see more deaths from coronavirus before a vaccination programme takes effect, England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty said on Tuesday after the country’s death toll exceeded 100,000.

“Unfortunately we’re going to see quite a lot more deaths over the next few weeks before the effects of the vaccines begin to be felt,” he said.

(Reporting by Michael Holden and Alistair Smout, Writing by Paul Sandle; editing by William James)