UK coronavirus live: hospital numbers in east and south-east England more than double first wave peak
Latest updates: hospitals in England treating 50% more Covid patients now than in April; vaccine may be needed every six months; UK reports 52,618 new cases
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6.40pm GMT
We've seen an increase of 10,000 hospitalised coronavirus patients, just since Christmas Day. That's the equivalent of filling 20 acute hospitals with extra coronavirus patients ... And that is, of course, all happening at what is traditionally the busiest time of year for hospitals and the wider NHS.
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6.21pm GMT
The UK ban on entry for travellers from South Africa is to be extended to include a swathe of southern African countries, in an attempt to stop the further spread of the highly transmissible variant of Covid-19 that emerged there.
From 4am Saturday, entry will be forbidden for most people who have travelled from or through any southern African country in the last 10 days - including Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and holiday destinations Seychelles and Mauritius.
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