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Is Britain’s death toll about to jump?

Cases are rising and restrictions are being reimposed, but will an increase in UK infections lead to a spike in deaths? As the WHO warns of a rise in coronavirus fatalities across Europe from October, The Telegraph's Theodora Louloudis and Global Health Security Correspondent, Sarah Newey discuss how this could play out in Britain, and whether younger sufferers and breakthroughs in treatments are enough to stop a deadly second wave. Read more about how face masks could be giving people Covid-19 immunity: <a href="https://bit.ly/2ZAqIVD" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2ZAqIVD</a> |Read more about the Recovery trial: <a href="https://bit.ly/2E4A30s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2E4A30s</a> |Read more about public policing of the 'rule of six': <a href="https://bit.ly/2E4A30s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2E4A30s</a> |Read more about Sir Keir Starmer's isolation: <a href="https://bit.ly/3c8H8K5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3c8H8K5</a> |For 30 days' free access to The Telegraph: <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/audio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.telegraph.co.uk/audio</a> |Email: <a href="mailto:coronaviruspodcast@telegraph.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">coronaviruspodcast@telegraph.co.uk</a> |See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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