THE Covid menace degree has as we speak moved as much as its highest degree for the primary time ever leaving the NHS is on the point of collapse.
Below the purple degree 5 alert, there’s a “materials danger” of hospitals being overwhelmed and stricter social distancing measures in place.
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The Joint Biosecurity Centre – which incorporates the UK’s 4 Chief Medical Officers – has moved the Covid menace.
Stage 5 is launched when transmission is excessive or rising which may finally cripple healthcare providers.
It’s decided by the UK’s R quantity and the variety of confirmed Covid circumstances at anyone time.
The system is completely different to the Covid tiers presently in place throughout the UK.
It comes as Boris Johnson is because of reveal a recent lockdown tonight with an tackle to the nation – after he warned there was “no query” of more durable measures coming “in the end”.
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