The coronavirus pandemic in the UK has struck over 41,000 people and caused the death of 4,313 people so far. Prof Neil Ferguson insisted social distancing measures have shown signs of helping slow down the virus as he predicted the worst of the outbreak could hit the UK as soon as next week. Speaking to The Andrew Marr Show, Prof Ferguson said: “We have some signs that it is slowing the epidemic.

“As you’ll have heard the medical director of the NHS say on Saturday, we have just had the first day where new admittances to hospital have reduced day to day.

“It is early days yet but we do expect to see that accelerate over the next week. We think this epidemic in the Uk will plateau in the next week to ten days.

“What’s critical then is how quickly numbers go down, do we see a long flat peak? Or do we see a faster decline, as we’re hoping?

“That very much depends on how effective the current measures are.”

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Prof Ferguson added: “We are not at the level of being able to predict to the nearest day when the peak arrives.

“I would say in the next seven to 10 days, it will be better news if it arrives before then.”

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