Coronavirus: UK not doing enough to stop second wave, warns BMA chief

Latest updates and essential advice from the news source you trust Trouble viewing? [View in browser]( [Image]( [Image] Daily news briefing Latest updates and essential advice from the news source you trust UK not doing enough to stop coronavirus second wave, warns BMA chief The government is [not doing everything it should]( to stop a second wave of coronavirus from hitting the UK, the British Medical Association’s top doctor has warned. The intervention comes as Boris Johnson pointed the finger at Europe and said “swift” action was being taken to prevent localised outbreaks identified on the continent spreading back to the UK. However, epidemiologists told The Independent that the government’s own policy failures would likely play a part in an “inevitable” increased infection rate in the UK, which still has a higher death rate than most of its neighbours. Dr Chaand Nagpaul, chair of the BMA’s council, told MPs on Wednesday that confused messaging from the government and lack of a “systemic approach” on policies like mask wearing and social distancing were behind a weekly rise in infections. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has conceded he cannot guarantee that his company has not used the data of third-party sellers [for its own benefit]( - an admission that will trigger further controversy over the e-commerce giant’s business practices. In his first ever testimony before the US Congress, Mr Bezos was quizzed about a recent report that claimed Amazon had used such data to make its own, competing products. The investigation by The Wall Street Journal found some executives at Amazon had access to seller data that was then used to track best-selling items. Mr Bezos, along with Apple’s boss Tim Cook, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Sundar Pichai, were questioned by members of the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust concerns. German investigators have reportedly found [a hidden cellar]( at a former home of the prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case. Police used diggers, sniffer dogs and shovels in their search for new evidence as they examined an allotment on the outskirts of Hanover for a third day, uncovering a cellar that had once been part of a small building torn down in late 2007. A former neighbour told local media that the suspect, Christian Brueckner, lived on the plot in a campervan in 2007, arriving not long after Madeleine’s disappearance from Praia de Luz in Portugal‘s Algarve and leaving within a year. Podcast [Image]( The Independent Coronavirus Podcast Subscribe now wherever you listen for all the latest coronavirus news. [Listen now]( The Independent employs over 100 journalists around the world to bring you news you can trust. Please consider a [contribution]( or [subscription](. Top stories [I'm an image]( PREMIUM [The government risks repeating its own mistakes over coronavirus]( [I'm an image]( [Lockdown-delaying ‘behavioural fatigue’ theory ‘not backed by science’]( [I'm an image]( [Isolation period for people with symptoms ‘to increase’, reports say]( More news [Second wave could target young people this time, scientists warn]( [Coronavirus testing at airports ‘not silver bullet’, minister says]( [Zuckerberg defends Twitter's ban of Trump Jr over 'harmful' post]( [Activists work to save goats at farm where workers attacked animals]( [Boris Johnson to urge unemployed to join public sector to help Britain]( //link.e.independent.co.uk/click/21052375.68923/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZXZlbnRicml0ZS5jby51ay9lL3ByZXZlbnRpbmctdGhlLW5leHQtcGFuZGVtaWMtdGlja2V0cy0xMTMwODM4MTg3NDY/583d2887487ccd777a8b7489C29b425c8 Suggested for you [I'm an image]( [Second wave ‘rolling across Europe’, Hancock warns – follow live]( [I'm an image]( [MPs question 'fairness' of video hearings as court backlogs rise]( [I'm an image]( [Lifting ban on asylum seekers working would raise £100m in tax]( [I'm an image]( [Disabled people ‘fear being excluded’ in post-lockdown world]( Follow us [Twitter]( [Facebook]( Please do not reply directly to this email You are currently registered to receive The Independent's News email. Add us to your safe list of senders. If you do not want to receive The Independent News email and Breaking News alerts, please [unsubscribe](list_name=IND_Headlines_Masterlist_CDP). If you no longer wish to receive any newsletters or promotional emails from The Independent, you can unsubscribe [here](. This e-mail was sent by Independent Digital News and Media Ltd, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5HF. Registered in England and Wales with company number 07320345. Read our [privacy notice]( and [cookie policy](.