Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said the COVID-19 situation in the city is now at crisis point and out of control. He therefore declared an incident
He said hospitals in the city were at risk of being overwhelmed if people do not stay at home.
Khan warned that the number of hospital beds will run out in the next few weeks unless urgent action was taken to drastically stop the spread of the disease.
“The situation in London is now critical with the spread of the virus out of control,” Khan said.
“One in 30 Londoners now has COVID-19. If we do not take immediate action now, our NHS (National Health Service) could be overwhelmed and more people will die.”
The number of COVID-19 cases in London is now more than 1,000 per 100,000 people, and between Dec. 30 and Jan. 6, the total number of hospital patients in the capital rose by 27%.