Coronavirus cases in UK epicentre London stabilising, health chief says
I have for sometime wondered about how the lockdown might be lifted in view of the differential incidence of the virus. Rural areas are to date more resilient with fewer cases. I have to say however that they are also more vulnerable with higher proportions of vulnerable people disconnected from straightforward access to health services. Interesting food for thought….
Numbers of serious coronavirus cases in London are stabilising, a health chief has said.
Prof Yvonne Doyle, medical director of Public Health England, said hospital admissions for Covid-19 in the capital were reaching a plateau but they were still rising elsewhere in the UK.
London has had the highest number of – and steepest rise in – infections in Britain since the pandemic began.
The death toll for the whole UK has risen above 10,000 after another 737 fatalities were recorded in just 24 hours.
“We can begin to see London stabilising,” Prof Doyle said. “But on the other hand, for Great Britain we start to see other areas increasing, particularly the northwest and Yorkshire,” she added.
“It’s very important that the message about staying home and social distancing is adhered to because we are certainly not past this crisis’ damage yet.”