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Britain's Hospitals Facing 'Worst Crisis in Living Memory'

Jamie Dettmer

   Britain's hospitals are on the brink of being overwhelmed by COVID-19
   patients and the country's National Health Service is facing its "worst
   crisis in living memory," a senior government official warned Sunday.'¯

   The blunt warning from England's chief medical officer, Chris Whitty,
   came as members of the government's main advisory panel, the Scientific
   Advisory Group for Emergencies, warned that nationwide lockdown
   measures introduced after Christmas were too lax and, being flouted too
   often by people meeting friends in parks and congregating at
   supermarkets.'¯

   They are urging the closure of nurseries and the end of "support
   bubbles" that allow for two households to mix. Ministers say they are
   not planning to tighten up the measures more but will start enforcing
   lockdown rules strictly and have ordered police to be forward-leaning
   and issue fines. '¯'¯

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