"The worst weeks are ahead".
In England, the country's chief medical officer draws up an alarming report on the state of the fight against the coronavirus in the country.
According to Chris Whitty, “the new variant makes an already very bad situation worse”.
Faced with this unprecedented epidemic wave, the British health system is saturated.
The nursing staff calls for help: "There is no more room, there is no more help, there are no more beds" fatalistic coward Cassadra Georges, a nurse at Croydon University London Hospital.
A dramatic situation recognized by the British government.
In an interview on January 11, Boris Johnson admitted that the country's healthcare system is reaching its limits.
"We have a lack of intensive care beds, pressure on beds with respirators and sometimes even shortages of oxygen cylinders," said the Prime Minister.
To counter covid-19, the country is banking on vaccination.
The authorities are showing their desire to protect as many people as possible this winter, even if it means administering only one dose of the vaccine instead of the two required.
“What limits us for the moment is the number of vaccines available in our country.
It is possible to postpone the second injection by a few weeks to maximize the number of people vaccinated, ”assumes Chris Whitty.