Coronavirus: £3bn for NHS to prepare for possible second wave

Coronavirus: £3bn for NHS to prepare for possible second wave The NHS in England will get an extra £3bn of funding to prepare for a possible second wave of coronavirus, Boris Johnson has announced.

The funding will also help ease winter pressures on the health service, Downing Street said.

It follows warnings a second wave this winter could see as many as 120,000 Covid-19 deaths in UK hospitals. BBC News

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