Hospitals have been asking staff, patients and visitors to start wearing masks again.
Covid cases are on the rise in Cornwall and Devon, public health bosses have said.
Hospitals in the South West have been asking staff, patients and visitors to start wearing masks again. She added: "It looks as if it's going to be at least as bad as the one in April/May time... It is quite a serious disease still." But infections in the UK were continuing to rise, the Office for National Statistics suggested at the end of last week.About 2.7m people in the UK had coronavirus in the week ending 29 June, up by 420,000 from the week before.Visiting has now been restricted at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital because of rising cases.
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