It would be the first time the center has admitted patients since it was installed last spring, and it comes when it was revealed that three intensive care units in London were full on New Year’s Eve.
The NHS is preparing to start giving people the Covid-19 jab developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca starting Monday, with two million doses scheduled to be delivered each week in mid-January.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is launching a recruiting drive to boost frontline workers in a bid to help the UK recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
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London’s Nightingale hospital ‘to accept patients next week’
The Guardian reports that London’s Nightingale Hospital will admit Covid-19 patients next week. The facility was installed at the Excel center in Docklands last spring to help the NHS cope with the anticipated surge in coronavirus patients, but it has been empty for months. However, on New Year’s Eve it was revealed that he and the others created in England had been reactivated amid a growing wave of cases.
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Good morning and welcome to our blog on coronavirus live for Saturday, January 2.
A lot is happening with a growing line about schools reopening, hospitals in London under increasing pressure and the launch of the AstraZeneca / University of Oxford vaccine is set to begin. We will keep you updated with the latest news.
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