UK's move to open up despite high COVID-19 rates 'literally madness'
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The UK government's decision to lift all COVID-19 restrictions in England at a time when case numbers remain near record highs, has been described as an "immense gamble with people's lives," by a public health expert from University College London.
Robert West, emeritus professor of health psychology in UCL's Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, told CGTN Europe, that in his view, the move was "literally madness."
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