Hospitals have been under a lot of pressures. We've seen hospitals declare critical incidents. On the tenth of january, there were over two thousand, 400 admissions that day to hospital for covered patients. It remains likely that hospitaal missions in england will remain high for some time. Experts say that's a result of very high numbers of infections and the continued risk of hospitalization for the elderly and un vaccinated adults.
The coronavirus variant has spread across the UK at incredible speed – but there are signs that the wave may have reached its peak. Madeleine Finlay talks to the Guardian science correspondent Nicola Davis about what we can expect in the weeks and months to come, and whether a second ‘exit wave’ could be here in the summer. Help support our independent journalism at
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