Yes, Whitty claimed that transmission stopped in Wuhan because they reached >20% saturation and "a degree of herd immunity". Can't find the original clip but @danielfalush quotes it here ( https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/james-obrien/uk-strategy-coronavirus-alarm-herd-immunity/) and other UK govt. advisers have since repeated it.
"Everyone who knows about coronavirus is alarmed by the UK's strategy"

A professor who is dealing with the coronavirus outbreak in China revealed what he thinks is a key error at the heart of the UK's response to the outbreak.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/james-obrien/uk-strategy-coronavirus-alarm-herd-immunity/
Astonishing and deeply worrying that top public health officials in two of the most developed countries on earth can make such easily-rebutted and consequential errors.
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