“One of the things that I’m worried about is actually maintaining a continuous supply and work on this vaccine,” he said as he appealed for workers to be immunized. The government is desperately trying to protect people with vaccines before hospitals are overwhelmed with cases of the new, more infections virus variant. Johnson said “the risk is very substantial” of intensive care capacity being outstripped. He said hospitals in England were treating about 32,000 COVID-19 patients, about 70% more than during the first peak in April. He said there are “some early signs” that recent lockdown measures were reducing transmission of the virus, but it was “far, far too early” to ease the restrictions.

Source: Daily Sun January 13, 2021 14:54 UTC