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Doctors and other former health professionals could be brought out of retirement to help fight coronavirus if the UK outbreak dramatically worsens.
Ministers have confirmed a series of contingency measures are being drawn up to cope with an escalation of the crisis into a pandemic, including considering ‘broader measures’ to ensure the NHS can handle the added strain. The plans include a ‘Dad’s Army’ style emergency registration of retired health professionals, as well as relaxing rules around school class sizes in case teachers are off ill or forced to self-isolate.
Other proposals include introducing emergency indemnity coverage for healthcare workers to allow them to diagnose and care for those with the deadly illness. Ministers are also considering whether to recommend more employees work from home and discourage ‘unnecessary travel’. The so-called ‘social distancing’ approach is part of a strategy designed to delay the peak of the outbreak until later in the year, potentially helping to combat the virus during warmer weather conditions when it could spread less easily.The plan, due to be issued across all four nations of the UK, is based on the Government’s existing contingency plans for responding to a pandemic flu outbreak, but adapted for Covid-19.
Expert teams are actively tracing those who have come into contact with the person, the Department of Health and Social Care confirmed.‘But I have no doubt that with the help of the NHS and its incomparable staff this country will get through it – and beat it.’
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