Nightingale emergency coronavirus hospital may not be needed as urgently as expected

London’s intensive care units were expected to be overflowing at this point but are only three-quarters full

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The new 4,000-bed Nightingale emergency hospital in London was opened by Prince Charles via videolink on Friday, but it is hoped it will not be needed as urgently as previously thought because hospitals in the capital are coping better with the coronavirus.

A week ago it had been thought that intensive care units in London would be overflowing by this point, but political sources said they had been told the capital’s hospitals were three-quarters full, which is better than expected.

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