Schools U-turn and rising Covid numbers crush hopes of new year easing
Schools U-turn and rising Covid numbers crush hopes of new year easing Sarah Boseley, Richard Adams, Matthew Weaver and Maya Wolfe-Robinson © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images Government hopes for a new year easing of the Covid pandemic are unravelling, with ministers forced into a U-turn on reopening primary schools and hospitals across the country struggling with rising numbers of severely ill patients. As the crisis escalates, the Nightingale hospital built in London’s ExCeL centre is expected to take Covid patients next week, for...