Local authorities and hospitals are scrambling to find extra intensive care beds as the country braces or a second wave. Isolation units are being set up in hospitals to make room for patients in other wards as the cases pile up across the country.
A two week timeframe has been given to health bosses to get the beds ready. The move to equip hospitals comes as the government looks to adopt an 'escalation framework', The Telegraph reports.
It will work on a traffic like basis, with mandatory mask wearing brought in at amber. Do you have a coronavirus story to share?
Email webnews@mirror.co.uk This suggests that face coverings will become a legal necessity in even more places than they currently are.
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