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- ‘Big Incident’ Declared In London As City Hospitals Fill With Covid Patients
- London Mayor Sadiq Khan made the decision, saying the pandemic was “out of control” in the UK capital.
- It follows a leaked briefing from the National Health Service revealing that London hospitals are only two weeks from breaking point.
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has declared a “major incident” in the UK capital, as the city’s hospitals are about to be overwhelmed by Covid.
Khan said the number of coronavirus patients in the city hospital had risen by nearly a third in the past week alone, with total hospitalizations more than a third higher than the peak of the first wave of the pandemic in the spring. pass.
Khan’s decision follows a leaked briefing from the National Health Service on Thursday revealing that hospitals in the capital were just two weeks from breaking point.
“The situation in London is now critical with the virus spreading out of control,” Khan said in a statement.
“We declare a major incident because the threat this virus poses to our city is at a crisis point. If we do not take immediate action now, our NHS could be overwhelmed and more people will die.”
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