https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8074613/Coronavirus-fight-LOST-Leadin...Coronavirus fight is LOST:
Leading scientist admits world tried 'very hard' to stop the outbreak but the battle is OVER as more than 80 countries have confirmed cases of the killer infection.
Professor Neil Ferguson, of Imperial College London, said global battle was lost
Added the UK was in the 'early stage' of an epidemic and said time is running out
Urged more drastic measures to contain virus on home soil and mitigate deaths.
The world's battle with coronavirus is now over, a leading scientist today declared amid the rampant spread of the deadly infection.
Professor Neil Ferguson, of Imperial College London, admitted the world 'tried very hard to stop this virus altogether' but had failed.
He told the BBC Today programme: 'You can see from the statistics, the number of countries affected that that battle is really over.'
More than 80 nations across the world have now confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
The Faroe Islands and Poland today became the latest countries to be struck – only a handful of European nations have not recorded cases.
Modern technology has allowed it to spread quickly across nations. In the old days it would have been contained to nations and would have taken a lot longer to spread by ships !!