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Officials have warned revellers in Scotland and Wales to think twice before travelling to England to ring in the new year, highlighting how the four parts of the U.K. were again taking starkly different approaches to coronavirus restrictions amid record-high infections and soaring hospitalizations.

Surge hubs are being built at hospitals as the health service readies itself for a possible emergency.

Officials have warned revelers in Scotland and Wales to think twice before traveling to England to ring in the new year, highlighting how the four parts of the U.K. were again taking starkly different approaches to coronavirus restrictions amid record-high infections and soaring hospitalizations.

Sharp rise in sickness among health workers leads NHS Confederation chief to warn of ‘perfect storm’

Separate figures show the number of coronavirus patients in hospital in England has climbed to the highest level since February 26.

Inhaling just a whiff of Omicron infected air is enough to catch the new Covid variant as it is so highly infectious, an respiratory disease expert advising the UK Government has said.

It comes as the Government faces increasing pressure to give NHS staff priority access to lateral flow tests.

Chris Hopson, head of NHS Providers, said trust chief executives are warning that Britons should be careful in how they construe the daily Covid hospitalisation numbers.

Surge hubs are being built at hospitals as the health service readies itself for a possible emergency.

Separate figures show the number of coronavirus patients in hospital in England has climbed to the highest level since February 26.