It is "the wrong time" to be easing most Covid restrictions in England with "rising levels of infection" and hospitalisations, professor of Molecular Oncology at the University of Warwick, Lawrence Young, says in an interview. On Monday the government will lift most restrictions on public gatherings in England and allow businesses such as nightclubs to reopen, drawing warnings from scientists who say it is too soon with the Delta variant still spreading rapidly. SOUNDBITES