The UK is now “past the peak” of the current wave of the CCP virus pandemic, England’s chief medical officer has said. “Most of my colleagues think we are past the peak,” Professor Chris Whitty said on Wednesday at a press conference held in Downing Street. He was quick to warn against complacency, saying it “doesn’t mean you could never have another peak.” “But, at this point in time, provided people continue to follow the guidelines, we are on the downward slope of cases, of hospitalisations, and of deaths, in all four of the nations of the United Kingdom,” he said. “So I think, we do think, at this point, this peak at least, we are past.” But Whitty warned that another surge is possible if the existing CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus lockdown rules are eased too quickly, putting the National Health Service (NHS) under renewed pressure. “There are …