THE government’s idea of issuing immunity certificates to people who have recovered from coronavirus is dangerous and unnecessary, an immunology expert has warned.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock told a press conference on Thursday that the government was considering handing out the documents to allow people – mainly key workers – to “get back, as much as possible, to normal life.”

But Eleanor Riley, professor of immunology and infectious disease at the University of Edinburgh, said today  that such certificates would give the recipients a false sense of security.