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Government scientific adviser 'cautiously optimistic' further lockdowns won't be needed to bring Covid cases under control

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Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing A return to life and custom pre-Covid could fuel an autumn wave of cases, but without the lockdowns, a Government scientific adviser says.

Professor John Edmunds, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said he was 'cautiously optimistic' that another lockdown would not be needed to bring cases under control again.

But he said there was a need to be 'very cautious' - because previous peaks of infection have been countered by lockdown. READ MORE: The latest coronavirus infection rates in every borough of Greater Manchester - as cases fall 1,434 in a week "We're not doing that this time," he told Times Radio. "But I don't think we will

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