Coronavirus: Patients admitted to NHS Nightingale Hospital for first time
Healthcare staff will be able to sleep at nearby hotels once they complete their shift, or they can choose to go home.
The facility was announced just two weeks ago, but the admissions are later than had been initially planned.Other Nightingale hospitals are due to open in Bristol, Harrogate, Birmingham and Manchester.after contracting the coronavirus - bringing the total to 6,159. But there was cautious optimism from chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance, who said the fight against COVID-19"could be moving in the right direction".Sir Patrick said there were signs that the rate of new infections and hospital admissions for coronavirus were"flattening off" - but he cautioned that it will take another week to be sure.
"We're going to work it out, we've got to work it out," the president said."They've been great partners. They wanted 200, they need them desperately."
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