Coronavirus: The government is under pressure to spell out how it's going to find so many more ventilators
"So it's really critical, it's really important that we now see transparently what plans the government has to expand that capacity."He blamed"a decade of under-funding" and called on the prime minister to announce major new steps on ending non-urgent care and telling health consultants to work from home.
Doctors are"very worried" because they only have paper masks of"low effectiveness" and not"adequate protections", Dr Chand added. He also called for medics to be tested for COVID-19 to stop them having to self-isolate for seven days who recover from a non-threatening cough or cold quicker."I can't emphasise how seriously the problem is if you've got doctors off work in a GP's surgery with three or four doctors if two of them are self-isolating," he said.
It comes after Mr Hancock had to confirm the government wasn't hoping millions of Britons get coronavirus to give"herd immunity" to the whole country, after the concept was"Herd immunity is not our goal or policy - it's a scientific concept," he told Sophy Ridge on Sunday.Mr Hancock added"we are absolutely ready" to ban gatherings of over 500 people and pointed towards a COBRA meeting being held on Monday when asked when the decision will be made.
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