Social Distancing Could Remain For 12 Months, U.K.’s Medical Chief Says, As First Vaccine Trial Starts

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Social Distancing Could Remain For 12 Months, U.K.’s Medical Chief Says, As First Vaccine Trial Starts
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It would be “unrealistic” to expect life to return to normal soon, or until a vaccine is found, the U.K.’s chief medical officer has warned.

Social distancing measures in the U.K. will likely last until 2021, the British government's chief medical adviser has said, adding that it would be “wholly unrealistic” to expect things to return to normal anytime soon, until a treatment is developed....

Ministers have so far refused to discuss any exit strategy from the measures and say it is too early to lift them, but are reviewing the U.K.’s lockdown every three weeks. Scientists across the world are racing to develop treatment for coronavirus, with experts at Oxford suggesting that an experimental vaccine could be ready as early as September.

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