BRITS have been warned to learn to live with coronavirus for "several years" and prepare for a possible second wave of the bug.
England's deputy chief medical officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam today warned the country will only "be out of this" once a vaccine has been found - and that Covid-19 may return again in autumn and winter.
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Speaking during today's coronavirus briefing, Prof Van-Tam said it would take a vaccine "really capable of suppressing disease levels" for the country to be "out of this".
He added: "So from that perspective we may have to live, and learn to live, with this virus in the long-term, certainly for many months to come if not several years."
WINTER RETURN
Prof Van-Tam said further information is needed on the seasonality of Covid-19,
He said: "One of the things that's very clear with flu viruses is that they come in our cold winters and the levels of transmission and circulation decline over the summer months.
"The data we have on other coronaviruses we have looked at very carefully, and it's not clear that these coronaviruses are as seasonal as influenza.
"But there may be an element of seasonality and it may well be that the autumn and winter conditions provide a better environment for the virus to then do its work again."
VACCINE HOPE
Despite fears we may never find a vaccine, one manufacturer has said its coronavirus jab has been tested on humans and appears to show positive results.
Moderna, a company based in Massachusetts, tested the vaccine on eight people, who all showed an immune response against the virus.
Meanwhile, it has emerged that the Ebola drug remdesivir is set to be approved to treat patients with the bug in Europe within days.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) previously dubbed it "the most promising" treatment for Covid-19 among all the other medicines being studied in trials.
It comes after the Health Secretary announced coronavirus tests would be made available to anyone in the UK aged five or over, if they need it.
Matt Hancock said anyone can apply to have a test if they show signs of having the virus - including if they lose their sense of taste or smell.
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