Four weeks of danger stalking Britain 8
`The country is about to face the most dangerous 4 to 6 weeks of the Covid-19 crisis. Everyone needs to try to overcome this final wave. We need to join forces to flatten the peak of the epidemic,` said advisor,
In response to comments downplaying the severity of the pandemic, he said: `I am a doctor with 22 years of experience, trained in anesthesia and critical care. I spent Christmas trying to find
Dr. Fong is working at the University of London.
`You can choose to either believe me, that the hospitals are full; or believe the ‘keyboard warriors’, who have never used protective equipment, have never been in the intensive care unit.`
`The whole country is very tense. Don’t let anyone deceive you, otherwise, we will be even more miserable,` Dr. Fong advised.
Dr Issy Phillips in Cardiff, Wales, also warned there were no more beds available in Intensive Therapy Units (ITUs) in the South Wales Valleys.
`You can be 23 years old and invincible if you have Covid-19,` Phillips said.
`Covid-19 affects everyone.`
Londoners wear masks and walk on deserted streets on the first day the city imposed level 3 restrictions. Photo: NY Times
Dr. Fong said things are quite difficult in intensive care units.
`I think my colleagues in the intensive care unit have been overworked for a long time. We are very grateful that the government shut down the country. It gave us an opportunity to
According to Dr. Fong, the lack of medical staff is an emerging problem because some people have to be quarantined after coming into contact with sick people, or they are infected with nCoV themselves, or they are simply exhausted both physically and mentally.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he is rushing to vaccinate millions of people in the coming weeks, but will maintain the blockade to avoid overloading hospitals.
On January 6, Johnson expressed concern about the nCoV variant that is `spreading at a frightening rate` in the southeast, causing more deaths nationwide.
The government plans to give the first dose of the vaccine to about 14 million people, including people over 80 years old, people in nursing homes and frontline doctors.
Currently, England is the fifth largest epidemic area in the world.
The UK has locked down the country for the third time since January 5.
Prime Minister Johnson said blockade orders could be eased from mid-February, if the vaccination program goes as planned and the number of daily deaths gradually decreases.
