England's chief medical officer has warned the NHS faces the "most dangerous situation" in living memory as the pandemic causes record deaths and hospital admissions.
As the country awaits the ramping up of coronavirus testing and vaccinations this week, Chris Whitty has said the only way to prevent avoidable deaths is for the public to stay home wherever possible. "Hospitals are always busy in winter, but the NHS in some parts of the country is currently facing the most dangerous situation anyone can remember," Prof Whitty wrote in the Sunday Times. "If the virus continues on this trajectory, hospitals will be in real difficulties, and soon. "Staff-to-patient ratios - already stretched - will become unacceptable even in intensive care."
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