Britain’s daily Covid hospitalisations today breached 1,000 for the first time in six weeks but SAGE scientists insisted it was ‘highly unlikely’ that the NHS would be overwhelmed by the virus this winter even without restrictions in advice that justifies No10’s bold decision to reject immediately resorting to ‘Plan B’.
Department of Health bosses also posted another 49,298 infections as cases jumped a tenth in a week, and deaths rose by a quarter to 180.
But Boris Johnson echoed the
Doctors in England were today slammed for threatening industrial action over being ‘asked to do the very basics’ of their jobs, amid a growing dispute between GPs and the Goverment.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid published proposals last week to give general practice £250million this winter to offer more in-person appointments and same-day care.
Under the plans, the NHS would publish league tables of how many face-to-face appointments each of the 6,600 surgeries in England offered — effectively ‘naming and shaming’
Sajid Javid today left the door wide open for the Government to revert to its Covid winter ‘Plan B’ amid growing fears about the situation heading into winter.
Addressing the nation in Downing Street’s first coronavirus press conference in a month, the Health Secretary only said the Government won’t reintroduce face masks and WFH guidance ‘at this point’.
He warned cases could ‘yet go as high as 100,000 a day’, and urged Britons to come forward for their booster doses
Top GPs today complained they were too overworked to help accelerate Britain’s sluggish Covid booster programme that has seen just a quarter of care home residents revaccinated.
The slow vaccination drive has led to finger pointing among officials, with the NHS blaming a lack of urgency among the public and insisting there are more than enough doctors, nurses and jabs available.
But the chair of the Royal College of GPs Professor Martin Marshall hinted GPs were struggling to get involved
Emma Hames is angry and it’s easy to understand why. Rather than enjoying health and happiness at the age of 33, her life is blighted by extreme fatigue, jelly-legged weakness, headaches, insomnia, muscle pain and brain fog.
Her heart can race so fast it ‘feels like a washing machine on spin cycle’ and she often lacks the strength to even walk to the shops.
Emma, who lives in Cardiff, has been largely housebound for four years and had to give
Die Aufnahme von Covid-Booster-Impfungen könnte zu langsam sein, um zu verhindern, dass Krankenhäuser in diesem Winter überfüllt werden, warnten Experten, da die Fälle um 30 Prozent ansteigen.
Einen Monat nach Beginn des Booster-Programms hat nur die Hälfte der berechtigten über 80-Jährigen eine dritte Dosis erhalten, obwohl sie ein erhöhtes Risiko haben, deuten NHS-Zahlen darauf hin. Von den 2,2 Millionen, die vor mehr als sechs Monaten eine zweite Impfung hatten, haben weniger als 1,2 Millionen die Auffrischimpfung erhalten.
Die Zahl der
Grant Shapps hat eine weitere Covid-Sperrung über Weihnachten ausgeschlossen, da die Fälle ein Dreimonatshoch erreichten.
Der Verkehrsminister sagte, es werde in diesem Jahr „keine Probleme“ geben, seine Lieben während der Festtage zu sehen.
No10 führte im vergangenen Dezember strenge Einschränkungen ein, die Millionen davon abhielten, ihre Familien zu sehen, obwohl Boris Johnson die Möglichkeit einer wiederholten Absage von Weihnachten vor dem Umzug ablehnte.
Wissenschaftler haben gewarnt, dass der NHS diesen Winter erneut überfordert sein könnte, da die Fälle gestern 45.066
