The government are planning for an actual disaster. I would say their maximum number of 100,000 deaths (20% increase) would qualify as a disaster.
Whilst China will probably end up with less than 5,000 dead judging by the control they are now getting over the spread of the virus, however, you could argue that they’ve had a disaster in terms of their economic position and reputation.
I’d be very surprised if the infection rate takes off in this Country like it has in Italy but the government failing to screen airline passengers from Northern Italy since they had their big spike has to be a reason why our figures are going up so much. I think Boris thought that we’re all going to get it anyway so why bother preventing it get into this Country?
Did you? I admire your trusting nature