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Coronavirus: UK hospitals left looking like ‘war zones’ after infection surge, says top science adviser
Some British hospitals resemble a “war zone” due to the influx of coronavirus patients in the country’s latest wave of the disease, the government’s chief scientific adviser said on Wednesday.Britain is gripped by a new strain of the virus, heaping fresh pressure on overstretched health services, and overwrought medical staff.A record 1,610 deaths were recorded on Tuesday, although overall case numbers have started to fall.“When you go into a hospital, this is very, very bad at the moment with…