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Coronavirus: Extra social mixing at Christmas will increase pressure on NHS, chief medics warn – The Independent
Vaccines will have only ‘marginal’ impact on cases and deaths until April
Extra social mixing during the five-day relaxation of coronavirus restrictions over Christmas will put additional pressure on the NHS, the UKs chief medical officers have warned.
In a letter to the healthcare profession, the CMOs of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland said that Novembers lockdown should see numbers of Covid-19 patients in hospital fall over the coming weeks in most parts of the UK.
But they called on hospitals and family doctors to be ready for renewed pressure in the…
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