According to the British Medical Association, without tightened measures, there could be a shortage of 32,000 to 130,000 employees in the National Health Service (NHS) in England at Christmas.
The Guy’s and St Thomas’ Trust, which operates several hospitals in London, is already preparing to move staff from other areas to the intensive care units and emergency rooms in order to attend to failed workers due to hundreds of sick notes represent. “Omikron now has a significant impact on our work,” said a letter to the staff on Friday, from which the Guardian quoted. This is not only shown by the fact that the number of Covid patients admitted has increased by around a third in the past week, but also by the fact that many of the employees are sick.
27,000 new corona infections were reported in London alone on Friday. Omikron is by far the dominant variant. In the UK as a whole, a new daily record was set with more than 93,000 infections.
Source: Nachrichten
