England’s deputy chief medical officer said: “Too many people believe that this pandemic is now over.”
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam told BBC Breakfast and BBC Radio 5 Live: “I personally feel there are some hard months to come in the winter and it’s not over.
“I think a whole range of behaviours, including the use of face coverings, but generally the caution that people take or don’t take in terms of interacting with each other – that is going to be a big determinant in what happens between now and the kind of darkest months are the winter.
“The other things that are going to be really important are how people respond if they are in need of a booster, if they are in need of flu vaccine, if they are partially vaccinated, or indeed if they are unvaccinated – that will be another really important factor in terms of what happens over the next few months.”
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam told BBC Breakfast that wearing face masks is useful “but they are probably most useful when used in combination with other things”.
England’s deputy chief medical officer said that, outdoors, ventilation is the most important factor, but masks should be worn if others feel uncomfortable or if authorities ask a person to do so.
He added: “If you then went into an indoor setting, which involves food and drink, then it becomes very difficult because you don’t wear them at the table.
“You can’t take them on and off in between sips of a drink. And so really what you should do, in my view, is to wear masks when mobile, and use them as you’re entering and exiting the premises.”
He said in cinemas and theatres “you’re not interacting with anyone in there other than the audience or the actors on the screen, you’re not interacting with the audience, you are seated quite close together, and for most people there should be relatively little personal expense involved in wearing a face covering in those kinds of settings.
“And then, finally, you’ve got the kind of very high mobility, high interaction venues such as clubs and here you can see it would be very socially inhibiting to wear face masks. I think if the epidemiology gets worse in the UK that’s on its own would not be enough in those kinds of venues.”
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam urged people to get their booster jabs “as soon as possible”.
England’s deputy chief medical officer told BBC breakfast: “What we need, to be in the best position to get through this winter, is for people who are vulnerable who are eligible for boosters – that’s really the over-50s and people under 50 with high-risk conditions – we need them to get their immunity levels as high as possible so that we go into the winter with the best overall level of protection for the population and for individuals.
“So my advice is follow the JCVI advice and when you are called for your booster, if you’re eligible for it and it can be given, please have it as soon as possible.”
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