Other countries have made face covering compulsory in all public spaces and in crowded outdoor areas EVERY precaution must now be taken to minimise transmission of coronavirus, including telling the public to wear face covering outdoors, medical leaders have said. Professor Mike Griffin, president of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, said it “would be crazy” not to take every possible step to reduce infections during winter given the added risk of a faster-spreading variant, as well as the prospect of life-saving vaccinations in the near future. Prof Griffin said this should include wearing facemasks in public spaces outdoors as well as indoors, and delaying the return of university students to campuses in January after halls of residence were associated with a spike in cases at the end of summer.
Medical leaders have warned that the NHS in Scotland is facing a “perfect storm of challenges” this winter as the pandemic means hospitals are already working at near capacity.Members of the Scottish
There are fears the NHS could be overwhelmed in the new year THE Government was “absolutely right” to relax coronavirus rules for Christmas day, but there will be a cost , a top medic has said. Professor Jackie Taylor, president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, predicted non-urgent care will have to be paused in Scotland amid fears the NHS could soon be “overwhelmed”. Her warning came as the president of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh called for every precaution to be taken to minimise transmission, including telling the public to wear face coverings while meeting others outdoors.
Teachers and key workers will be added to priority list when Oxford vaccine is approved but SAGE expert warns even a million jabs a week WON T curb Covid crisis by February
Sir Jeremy Farrar said if UK hits 1m jabbed a week, it will not bring the end closer
The Wellcome Trust s director also noted importance of treating people globally
It follows the emergence of easily transmissible strain of the virus in South Africa
It comes as all of England s secondary schools will remain shut for most students
Doctors worry NHS could be quickly overwhelmed as hospital admissions surge
Doctors in accident and emergency units have described hospitals as being “wall-to-wall” with coronavirus patients on Christmas Day as they urged members of the public not to party on New Year’s Eve.