The British capital London announced that it has entered a state of "major accident"

　　(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The British capital London announced that it has entered a state of "major accident"

　　China News Agency, London, January 9th (Zhao Xing and Zhangping) The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced on the 8th local time that the major hospitals have been overwhelmed due to the rapid increase in the number of new crown virus infections in London in the past few days. Enter the "major accident" state.

　　Sadiq Khan posted on Twitter that day, "Because our city is already in an epidemic crisis, today I declare that London has entered a state of emergency for a'major accident'."

"Now, one in every 30 Londoners is infected with the new crown virus. In some areas of London, this number is as high as 20 to 1." Sadiq Khan said that there are currently more than 7,000 new crown patients hospitalized in London, compared with last year. The first wave of peaks from March to April also increased by 35%.

"If we do not take immediate action now, our British National Health Service (NHS) may be overwhelmed, and more people will face the threat of death."

　　A few days ago, the London Ambulance Service Hotline has more than 8,000 emergency calls every day, and about 5,500 a day at the busiest time.

Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, warned at a press conference that more than 800 patients with the new crown virus are sent to London hospitals every day.

　　The City Hall of London stated that in the week from December 30 to January 6, the number of hospitalized patients on ventilators increased by 42%, from 640 to 908. The increasing infection rate has caused the already stretched NHS Brought great pressure.

Kevin Fenton, the regional director of London Public Health England, called on London to be at a critical juncture. Londoners should cut off social interactions and reduce outdoor activities to reduce infection rates.

Sadiq Khan said that he has sent an urgent letter to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, requesting more government financial support for London.

　　Data on January 4 showed that the R value of the UK virus infection rate rose slightly, from 1.1-1.3 to 1.0-1.4. On the 8th, the number of new cases and new deaths in the UK hit a record high, with new cases in a single day There were 68,053 cases and 1,325 new deaths in a single day; the cumulative number of confirmed cases was 2,957,472 and the cumulative number of deaths was 79,833.

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