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'Nothing after the ICU other than death': Behind the lines of Britain's Covid War 13 minutes to read By: Alan Cowell The government has laid out plans for gradual reopening. But in cramped intensive care wards, teeming with patients and doctors near despair, the battle is unrelenting. The numbers may be trending downward, but the battle is no less intense. In the land of Winston Churchill, it is likened sometimes to war, the Covid war. In the latest phase of Britain's splintered campaign against the coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week laid out a long glide pa...

Behind the lines of Britain’s COVID war By Alan Cowell New York Times,Updated March 1, 2021, 11:20 p.m. Email to a Friend A nurse tried to reassure Haydar Sal, a COVID-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit at Homerton hospital in East London, Jan. 17, 2021. Sal lost more than 65 pounds battling COVID.ANDREW TESTA/NYT LONDON — The numbers may be trending downward, but the battle is no less intense. In the land of Winston Churchill, it is likened sometimes to war, the COVID war. In the latest phase of Britain’s splintered campaign against the coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Joh...

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to claim lives, a bereavement charity is encouraging young people to "give back" to those who have passed away in their local community.  London charity Supporting Humanity, alongside the Muslim Patel Burial Trust, is using volunteers to maintain graves in Manor Park Cemetery and Crematorium in east London. There are currently 476 graves within the burial ground, and it's a number that has been rapidly increasing since the pandemic began. Idris Patel, Supporting Humanity's founder, said: "We believe help in bereavement and mental health are two fundament...