Southampton General Hospital says it wants to protect staff and patients amid a sharp rise in cases.
While hospital admissions are not at the level of winter months, Dr Alloway said additional staff, resources and infection control measures were being put back in place to deal with the current rise in Covid-19 cases.
"We are incredibly busy in all of our hospitals, but wherever possible we are protecting our planned case, trying to bring people in for operations that we are aware they have waited a long time for," she said. "We are seeing that patients are sicker with Covid. So I would encourage anyone who could have an additional booster, and is in a vulnerable group, to make sure they do get it."in the hospital, following a sharp rise of the virus in the community.
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