LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) – There is a realistic possibility of large waves of COVID-19 infection in the future in Britain and such waves might even be considered likely, epidemiologists who model the COVID-19 pandemic to inform government advice have said. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ditched legal restrictions in England, saying that, while the pandemic was not over, Britain needs to learn to live with COVID. “Large future waves of infection that need active management to prevent detrimental pressure on the health and care sector are, at least, a realistic possibility (high confidence) or likely (medium confidence),” SPI-M-O said in a consensus statement published on Friday. read more“The next few years will be highly uncertain, and future outbreaks and waves will likely be noisy as things settle down,” the SPI-M-O statement said. “A steady, predictable pattern… may be many years away.”Reporting by Alistair Smout; Editing by Kate Holton and Andrew MacAskill

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