Thursday, 12 March 2020

Former NHS doctor trapped in coronavirus-hit Italy begs the UK Government to shut down EVERYTHING

A former NHS doctor trapped in coronavirus-hit Italy has begged the UK Government to 'shut down everything' in the fight against the killer infection.

Professor Mohamed Abu Hilal, who now works in Brescia, north Italy, urged officials to prepare more beds, doctors and nurses in the NHS in light of the fiasco happening in the worst hit country of Europe. 

He warned it's not only the elderly who are dying of COVID-19, although figures suggest they are the most vulnerable. 

Italy put full-scale lockdowns nationwide in place on Monday, with court action and fines threatened for people breaking imposed curfews. 

Schools, cafes, hairdressers and restaurants have been closed as 60million residents are told to stay in their homes in 'social distancing' measures in order to curb the escalating crisis there.
 


Mounting pressure has built on the Government to move quickly to impose similar rules because it's feared the UK is heading the same direction as Italy, where 12,462 cases and 827 deaths have been confirmed. 

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will today hold an emergency meeting and is expected to move the 'battle plan' into the next stage.  

It follows a surge of 85 in the UK cases yesterday. Now, a total of 460 people have tested positive for COVID-19 nationwide, an eight-fold increase in a single week.  





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