Escalation comes amid warnings over hospitals filling up with coronavirus patients

The NHS in England is returning to its highest state of alert amid warnings that hospitals will continue filling up with Covid-19 patients for at least another two weeks.

The service will go back on to level 4 alert status on Wednesday at midnight, to coincide with the start of the second lockdown.

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