UK health leaders call for Covid curbs as infections rise

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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Healthcare leaders urged the British government Wednesday to reinstate some coronavirus restrictions to ease pressures on hospitals because of spiralling case numbers. But ministers remain opposed to reintroducing any curbs, arguing the situation is still far better than earlier this year and the country is learning to “live with the virus”. A total of 223 deaths from Covid-19 were registered on Tuesday — the highest 24-hour toll since March — […]