Coronavirus: UK facing 'tough' Christmas, Sage scientist warns

Christmas is unlikely to be the 'usual celebration' of 'families coming together', a leading scientist has said. Jeremy Farrar, who sits on the Sage committee that advises the government, warned it would be a 'tough' Christmas. The Wellcome Trust director also told Sky News there was 'light at the end of the tunnel' as he believed a vaccine would be ready early in 2021. PM Boris Johnson has warned things will be 'bumpy to Christmas and beyond'. Earlier this week, Prof Farrar told BBC Newscast arguments between Westminster and local leaders were 'very dangerous' and also that a circuit-breaker, or a short, limited lockdown, was needed now.