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London’s covid-19 is “out of control”, admitted on Friday the city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, who declared the status of a “serious incident” in the city.
The coronavirus infection rate exceeds 1,000 people per 100,000 and it is estimated that one in 30 Londoners is a carrier of the virus.
Khan told the BBC that in parts of the city the number was one in 20.
The declaration of “serious incident” this has also been done in the past due to events such as the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017 and the terrorist attacks on Westminster and London bridges.
The statement means that emergency services and hospitals cannot guarantee their normal level of response.
There are currently more than 7,000 people in hospital with COVID-19, the mayor said. That’s a 35% increase from the previous high point in April of last year.
The mayor said the ambulance service received up to 8,000 emergency calls, up from 5,500 per day.
The Regional Director of Public Health for England, Kevin fenton, said the current wave of coronavirus is “the greatest threat” the UK capital has faced in the pandemic to date.
And he asked Londoners “to avoid contact and reduce their trips”.
“The emergence of the new variant (of the virus) means that we have reached records which are double the national average and that at least one in 30 people are carriers of the virus,” he added.
“We know this will unfortunately lead to more deaths, so strong and immediate action is needed.”
Khan warned London was “in times of crisis”
“If we don’t act immediately our NHS (public health system) could be overwhelmed and more people are dying,” he said, imploring Londoners to stay at home.
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