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By Press Association 2021 Chief medical officer for England Chris Whitty during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (Covid-19) (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA) The Government’s top medic has warned the number of people in hospital with coronavirus could reach “quite scary” levels within weeks. Professor Chris Whitty said the UK is “not out of the woods yet”, just hours after Boris Johnson declared it was “highly p...

Chris Whitty warns UK Covid cases could reach scary numbers England’s chief medical officer said Covid-19 hospital admissions are doubling around every three weeks. Cut through the noise by getting the days biggest stories sent direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Click here We use your sign-up to provide content in ways youve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understan...

Updated: 2:10, 16 Jul 2021 Invalid Date, ENGLAND could be plunged back into lockdown within five weeks as Covid cases surge during the third wave, Chris Whitty has warned. The chief medical officer says coronavirus hospitalisations are doubling about every three weeks and could hit "quite scary numbers". 2 Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty has warned a new lockdown could be called if Covid cases continue to surgeCredit: Reuters   His stark warning comes days before July 19s Freedom Day and t...

By Press Association 2021 Chief medical officer for England Chris Whitty during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (Covid-19) (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA) The Government’s top medic has warned the number of people in hospital with coronavirus could reach “quite scary” levels within weeks. Professor Chris Whitty said the UK is “not out of the woods yet”, just hours after Boris Johnson declared it was “highly p...

Covid hospital numbers could get scary - Prof Chris Whitty By George Bowden & Mary OConnor BBC News image copyrightReuters The UK is "not out of the woods yet" and people should act with caution as Covid restrictions in England end on Monday, Prof Chris Whitty has said. Englands chief medical officer warned that Covid hospitalisations were doubling every three weeks and could hit "scary numbers" in future. Prof Whitty said the pandemic still had a "long way to run in the UK". Solicitor General ...

Chris Whitty warns Covid surge could get Britain ‘into trouble again surprisingly fast’ Alastair Jamieson Professor Chris Whitty - PA Britain is "not out of the woods yet" and the public should approach the end of coronavirus restrictions on Monday with caution, Professor Chris Whitty has said. Englands chief medical officer warned that the number of people in hospital with Covid-19 is currently doubling about every three weeks and could reach "quite scary numbers" if the tr...

By Press Association 2021 Chief medical officer for England Chris Whitty during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (Covid-19) (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA) The Government’s top medic has warned the number of people in hospital with coronavirus could reach “quite scary” levels within weeks. Professor Chris Whitty said the UK is “not out of the woods yet”, just hours after Boris Johnson declared it was “highly p...

Recap: Boris Johnson talks to nation on face masks, Covid passports and Englands Freedom Day Hopes of a complete return to normality have been dashed by the spread of the Delta variant The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now The use of domestic vaccine passports and face masks will be encouraged as ministers set out a cautious approach to England’s “freedom day” on July 19 in response to soaring coronavirus cases. Although most legal restrictions will largely be lifted, hopes of a c...

BBC News But with infection rates and hospital admissions already rising sharply, it is a significant gamble. One expert likens what is being done to taking the "control rods out of a nuclear reactor". "This is going to make things worse than they are now and we dont know when it will peak," says Loughborough University data analyst Dr Duncan Robertson. And that in many ways goes to the heart of the issue. This is our first "natural wave" of Covid - all the others have been brought to an end t...

14 long Covid symptoms you should know with 5,000 cases a day predicted. (PA) As many as 5,000 Brits could be suffering from Long Covid every single day by the end of the summer months according to Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng. Mr Kwarteng said that it is “not beyond the imagination” that so many people will suffer from the condition. It follows the warning from Chris Whitty that the number of long Covid sufferers will increase, particularly among young people. England’s chie...