Coronavirus Fight Is LOST: Leading Scientist Admits World Tried ‘very hard’ But …

Professor Neil Ferguson, of Imperial College London, admitted the world ‘tried very hard to stop this virus altogether’ but had failed

The world’s battle with Coronavirus is now over, a leading scientist today declared amid the rampant spread of the deadly infection.

He told the BBC Today programme: ‘You can see from the statistics, the number of countries affected that that battle is really over.’

More than 80 nations across the world have now confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

The Faroe Islands and Poland today became the latest countries to be struck – only a handful of European nations have not recorded cases.

Professor Ferguson said: ‘We’re now moving towards trying to slow the spread to allow the health systems to cope and try to mitigate the impact of the epidemic.’

He added the UK was in the ‘early stage’ of an epidemic and said time is running out to contain the crisis by reducing the spread with drastic measures.

Professor Ferguson did not specify what sort of measures would be needed – but Italy, which is battling its own crisis, has urged residents to avoid kissing and is considering closing all schools for a fortnight.

More than 93,000 patients have been struck down by the deadly coronavirus across the world. The death toll today surpassed 3,200

He added: ‘We’ve had some early signals that there is community transmission here but we’re several weeks behind, for example, Italy.

‘We’re looking at the sort of community intervention, that is reducing contact between people in society which could slow spread.

‘We are at an early stage in this country. I’m not saying we have a lot of time ,we have days, weeks really, to make these decisions and start introducing these measures.
-Daily Mail