Coronavirus: Evening update
Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Thursday evening. We ll have another update for you on Friday morning.
1. UK s Covid alert level lowered
The coronavirus alert level has been lowered from level five to four across all four UK nations. The four UK chief medical officers and NHS England s national medical director agreed the change following advice from the Joint Biosecurity Centre. It means that the risk the NHS could be overwhelmed is deemed to have receded . The alert level has been at level five since early January, when Scotland and England began their latest lockdowns. You can read about how the Covid alert system works here.
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