Coronavirus epidemic in UK 'appears to be slowing'

The coronavirus epidemic in the UK appears to be starting to slow down, a scientist who has been advising the Government on the outbreak has said.

Professor Neil Ferguson, of Imperial College London, said the slowing of the spread of Covid-19 was the result of the social distancing measures brought in by the Government.

"In the UK we can see some early signs of slowing in some indicators - less so deaths because deaths are lagged by a long time from when measures come in force," he told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme.

"But if we look at the numbers of new hospital admissions, that does appear to be slowing down a bit now.

Professor Neil Ferguson says there are early signs the infection could be slowing.

"It has not yet plateaued, so still the numbers can be increasing each day but the rate of that increase has slowed."

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