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Hospitals face being overwhelmed without new tiers
Michael Gove has warned that hospitals across the country risk being ‘overwhelmed’ with coronavirus cases if MPs do not back new tier restrictions.
The Cabinet Office Minister was writing in the Times after reports that many MPs, predominantly Conservative, oppose the tougher tier system, which begins on 2 December, and plan to vote against the measures in the Commons.
Gove has said that MPs need to ‘take responsibility for difficult decisions’ saying that, unless action to slow the spread of coronavirus is taken, the NHS could be ‘broken’ and hospitals ‘physically overwhelmed’.
Some MPs say the new system imposes tight restrictions on numerous areas with low cases, and are calling instead for a more localised approach. In total, 99 per cent of England will enter the highest two tiers, with tight restrictions on bars and restaurants and a ban on households mixing indoors. Only Cornwall, the Isle of Wight and Isles of Scilly will be in the lowest tier.
Labour is yet to decide whether it will support the new restrictions, but has warned that areas in tier three will be stretched to ‘breaking point’ without further financial support from the Treasury.
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