- The United Kingdom enters its most challenging weeks since the start of Covid-19 pandemic, as hospitals face being overrun and morgues fill up.
- There were currently more than 30,000 patients in hospital, compared to 18,000 during the first peak of the virus in the UK in April.
- The country has already suffered more deaths as a result of the disease than any European nation.
- Recently became the fifth nation on earth to reach the grim milestone of three million cases, is on the verge of seeing its hospitals overwhelmed.
According to a recent news article published in the CNN, UK enters into a grim phase with lots of people dying due to covid 19 and hospitals running short of space.
Worst point of the epidemic in UK
“We’re now at the worst point of this epidemic for the UK. In the future we will have the vaccine, but the numbers at the moment are higher than they were in the previous peak — by some distance,” England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty told the BBC, adding that he expects the next few weeks to be the “most dangerous time.”
UK in worst situation
“We’re now at a situation where in the UK as a whole, around one in 50 people is infected, and in London it’s around 1 in 30,” Whitty said. “There is a very high chance that if you meet someone unnecessarily, they will have Covid.”
Vaccination speeding up
The UK has been ahead of the curve on approving Covid-19 vaccinations and on Monday the government is expected to outline how it will hit its target of vaccinating 13 million people by February 15.
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Source: CNN
