LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s defences against COVID-19 are working and the pandemic situation is currently stable, health minister Sajid Javid said on Thursday.
“Overall things feel quite stable at this point. The numbers are a bit up, a bit down over the last few weeks,” he told Times Radio.
“Our primary defences against this virus are working.”
Britain reported 42,776 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest number since mid-July, and 136 more deaths within 28 days of a positive test, official data showed.
(Reporting by Sarah Young, Editing by Paul Sandle)
