Christmas mixing will kill: Chris Whitty gives grim warning that 'this isn't a moment to relax at all' as PM says Brits must decide bubbles by FRIDAY, avoid shops on Boxing Day and delay seeing elderly relatives - amid confusion over rules in four nations
The advice offered by Boris Johnson on having a safe 'little' Christmas this year England's chief medical officer Chris Whitty delivered the stark warning tonight that Christmas mixing will lead to more coronavirus deaths in the new year, as he declared 'this is not a moment to relax at all'. Professor Whitty bluntly stated that the virus will kill more Britons due to the looser rules over the five-day break between December 23 and 27, and likened the situation to driving at 70mph on an icy road - saying that while it was legal, it was not 'sensible'. The CMO, who struck a sombre tone alongside Boris Johnson at a Downing Street press conference tonight, said: 'Any kind of period where people come together in groups that otherwise wouldn't meet leads to an increase in risks and that will lead to an increase in hospitalisations and deaths. 'This is the equivalent of saying these are icy and treacherous conditions... just because you can doesn'