COVID-19: UK alert level downgraded as threat of NHS being overwhelmed recedes

Wales' top doctors to give update as alert level is downgraded

The UK’s four chief medical officers have agreed the Covid-19 alert level should move from five – its highest – down to four

Coronavirus alert level lowered as threat to NHS recedes

The UK’s top medics agreed to the move but they warn transmission rates, deaths and the pressure on hospitals remains high.

UK Covid alert level drops

The coronavirus alert level has been downgraded from five – the highest level – to four in all of the UK nations, as the chief medical officers said the risk of the NHS being overwhelmed “had receded”. But they warned people should be under “no illusions” about the pandemic with deaths and infections still at very high levels.The latest 24-hour government figures show a further 323 people are reported to have died with Covid, bringing the UK tot…

UK covid alert level lowered as threat to NHS recedes

The UK's four chief medical officers, including Scotland's CMO Gregor Smith, have confirmed the decision to lower the alert to level four this evening.

The Latest: British health officials want lower alert level

By The Associated PressLONDON — Health officials in Britain say the country’s COVID-19 alert level should move down from the highest level because hospitalizations have decreased.The U.K.’s four chief medical officers say although health services remain under significant pressure, the national alert level can move from five to four because the numbers of patients in hospital are “consistently declining.”The coronavirus alert level was raised to …

UK Lowers COVID-19 Alert Level

Britain on Thursday lowered the country's virus alert level down one notch from the highest possible, saying a fall in cases had reduced the threat to the state-run National Health Service.