Up to 20 per cent of patients who have contracted coronavirus caught the disease while seeking treatment in hospital for another illness, senior NHS figures have revealed. During a briefing last month, medical staff were told that up to 20 per cent of patients who had coronavirus caught the disease while seeking treatment for another illness. One anonymous surgeon told The Guardian: 'Multiple patients my department treated who were inpatients pre lockdown got the bug and died. Earlier this year, virology expert, Professor Giorgio Palu, warned how Covid-19 could spread through the UK and European health systems. He warned: 'One mistake made in Italy (where cases began in January) was clogging up hospitals with Covid and non-Covid patients.

Source: Daily Mail May 17, 2020 19:13 UTC