Boris Johnson Rejects Health Service Call for Fresh U.K. Covid Curbs
- NHS Confederation has called for new measures to ease pressure
- Government is spending billions of pounds to cut waiting times
Boris Johnson during a visit to the New Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Welwyn Garden City.
Photographer: Frank Augstein/AFP/Getty Images
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Boris Johnson rejected calls from National Health Service officials for new measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, saying hospital data don’t justify shifting from the U.K. plan for “living with Covid.”
The NHS Confederation over the weekend demanded a “revamp” of the strategy to ease pressure on hospitals, which the organization said are struggling to deal with “critically high demand for emergency care.” It also accused the government of abandoning “any interest in Covid whatsoever.”