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Health secretary Matt Hancock has warned London could face further action if a move to the toughest coronavirus restrictions tomorrow night does not bring the pandemic under control.
At a press conference in Downing Street Mr Hancock told the watching public: “This moment is a salutary warning for the whole country.
Ministers did not rule out “further action” if capital’s move to Tier 3 failed to cut infection rates, he added.
England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said it was important to take “rapid” action after hospital admissions in London and the surrounding areas increased.
The most recent rise in cases had not yet fed into hospital rates, he added, but would “lead, inexorably, not only to Covid deaths directly, but also… to displacing other health activity, which means other diseases are not being treated if we do not get on top of this quickly.”
He also warned that the NHS could be under intense pressure in January and February, a time when the health service is traditionally facing strain as it battles to cope with infectious diseases more common in winter.
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