Coronavirus Update UK

The president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine said she saw "wall to wall Covid" when she worked at one London hospital on Christmas Day. Meanwhile, there's real concern schools are not safe to re-open in January. British tourists defy Swiss quarantine rules by fleeing ski resort and the new variant of Covid-19 has now reached South Korea.

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The Cardiff and Vale University Health Board tweeted out a plea for help overnight, asking for medical students trained in a specific technique called 'proning'.

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40% of people in England are now in the toughest tier of restrictions. BBC News gives you coronavirus updates 24/7, with the latest headlines, advice and public health information, and details of any disruption to health services, schools, sporting events and travel.

Millions of people are waking up to harsher coronavirus restrictions across the UK, including new lockdowns, reimposed restrictions and tougher tiers.

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Lorry drivers need to test negative before they can cross the Channel to France. BBC News gives you coronavirus updates 24/7, with the latest headlines, advice and public health information, and details of any disruption to health services, schools, sporting events and travel.

Scotland is the only UK nation where the number of people testing positive has gone down. BBC News gives you coronavirus updates 24/7, with the latest headlines, advice and public health information, and details of any disruption to health services, schools, sporting events and travel.

People who have been in or transited through South Africa in the last 10 days will not be allowed into the UK, as concerns grow over another new variant of the coronavirus linked to South Africa.

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Rail, air and sea services between the UK and France resume this morning after the French government agreed to ease its travel ban over Covid fears. French citizens, British nationals living in France and hauliers are among those now able to travel - if they have a recent negative test. Soldiers joined NHS Test and Trace staff in Kent to carry out rapid tests on stranded lorry drivers. Thousands of vehicles have been stuck there since the border shut on Sunday.

Despite France and UK reaching an agreement, more than 50 other countries, including Italy, India and Pakistan, are continuing to block travellers from the UK.