New Covid variant could lead to catastrophe within weeks, Government advisor warns
Tougher national restrictions are needed to get it under control, he says
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Nightingale hospitals remain on standby amid rising Covid-19 patient numbers. PA News London’s Nightingale hospital remains on standby for use, NHS England has insisted, despite the removal of some equipment from the site. England’s hospitals are currently seeing more Covid-19 patients than at the first-wave peak of the virus in April. NHS England sent a letter to trusts on December 23 asking them to plan for the use of additional facilities such as the Nightingale hospitals amid rising numbers of patients with the virus. It is understood some equipment which was initially at the ExCel centre site in London is no longer there.
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The NHS logo ENGLAND S hospitals now have more Covid-19 patients than during April s first-wave peak as a health boss warned doctors and nurses are back in the eye of the storm. NHS England figures show there were 20,426 patients in NHS hospitals in England as of 8am on Monday, compared to the 18,974 patients recorded on April 12. The number of further lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus recorded in a single day in the UK also hit a new high of 41,385 as of 9am Monday, rising above 40,000 for the first time, according to Government figures. Cases figures do not include information from Scotland and Northern Ireland, which did not report data between December 24 and 28, meaning the true number is even higher.