Coronavirus infections are on┬аthe rise in many countries around the world, with cases soaring in some nations and fresh┬аoutbreaks in several places where the virus was previously thought to be under control.
This week, England and Scotland began new lockdowns, joining Wales and Northern Ireland, which already had similar┬аrestrictions in place.
Without such action, the countriesтАЩ chief medical officers warned that hospitals would become overwhelmed within 21┬аdays. Hospitals in England are┬аtreating 40 per cent more covid-19 patients than during the┬аpeak of┬аthe first тАж