Coronavirus UK news – Second lockdown needed in London ‘right away’ as France warns ‘second wave worse than we thought’
A LOCAL London lockdown is needed “right now,” Mayor Sadiq Khan has warned.
A spokesperson for the London Mayor Sadiq Khan said the city was at a “very worrying topping point”.
They added: “London is at a very worrying tipping point right now. We’re seeing a sharp rise in 111 calls, hospital admissions, and patients in ICU.
“Whilst Londoners have made incredible collective sacrifices to reduce the spread of Covid-19, the number of cases is now rising steeply again and we have to take immediate action to get the virus back under control.”
It comes as a top medic in France has expressed fears over how quickly the country’s second wave is moving.
“The second wave is arriving faster than we thought,” Patrick Bouet- who is the head of the National Council of the Order of Doctors, told French Journal du Dimanche.
“If nothing changes, France will face a widespread outbreak across its whole territory, for several long autumn and winter months,” Bouet said.
It comes as the coronavirus death toll hit 41,936 yesterday and the total number of positive Covid-19 cases reached 423,236.
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