Nothing after the ICU other than death : Behind the lines of Britain s Covid War
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By: Alan Cowell
The government has laid out plans for gradual reopening. But in cramped intensive care wards, teeming with patients and doctors near despair, the battle is unrelenting. The numbers may be trending downward, but the battle is no less intense. In the land of Winston Churchill, it is likened sometimes to war, the Covid war.
In the latest phase of Britain s splintered campaign against the coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week laid out a long glide path for England s gradual reopening from lockdown, from March to June.
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Behind the lines of Britainâs COVID war
By Alan Cowell New York Times,Updated March 1, 2021, 11:20 p.m.
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LONDON â The numbers may be trending downward, but the battle is no less intense. In the land of Winston Churchill, it is likened sometimes to war, the COVID war.
In the latest phase of Britainâs splintered campaign against the coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week laid out a long glide path for Englandâs gradual reopening from lockdown, from March to June.