LONDON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - The government will have to
consider strengthening the three-tier system of restrictions
used to control the spread of COVID-19 when the full lockdown in
England ends, a medical adviser said on Monday.
"We see very little effect from tier one. And I think when
we look at what tiers may be there in the future, we will have
to think about strengthening them in order to get us through the
winter months until the vaccine's available for everyone," Susan
Hopkins, from Public Health England, told a news conference.
"We expect if the lockdown is working, and we're all doing
the best we can to have reduced or no social contact with other
people that we will start to see cases decline over the next
week.
(Reporting by Michael Holden, editing by William James)