Doctors warn coronavirus could overwhelm NHS ‘within weeks’

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Intensive care audit shows sharp rise in admissions to critical care as London hospitals struggle to cope

The numbers of coronavirus patients needing life-or-death care have been doubling every three days, a report by senior doctors has revealed. London is worst affected, but the rest of the UK will soon be hit with a similar surge, the document warns.

 

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Very worried for my vulnerable friends in London

Or course it will look at Italy .. Spain nationalised private hospitals what was BorisJohnson thinking 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Stirling_London why are you putting your workers at risk? They're not keyworkers and London hospitals don't have capacity

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