UK Covid alert level drops as NHS threat ‘recedes’
The move to the second-highest level means the NHS is no longer at imminent risk of being overwhelmed. …
England’s Prof Chris Whitty, Northern Ireland’s Dr Michael McBride, Scotland’s Dr Gregor Smith, Wales’s Dr Frank Atherton and NHS England’s Prof Stephen Powis said their decision to reduce the alert level was made because the number of cases in hospital was “consistently declining”.