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direct to your inboxAn NHS boss has compared breaking the lockdown rules to turning on a light in the middle of a blackout during the Blitz. Dr Vin Diwakar, NHS England regional medical director for London, speaking at a coronavirus briefing on Thursday said: "This is the biggest health emergency to face this country since the Second World War.

direct to your inboxAn NHS boss has slammed the 'morally reprehensible' actions of people trying to jump the queue for a Covid-19 vaccine.Dr Vin Diwakar, NHS England regional medical director for London, said he was 'horrified' to hear that people had tried to book a coronairus vaccine appointment online without receiving an invitation.It comes after the Evening Standard reported that links to the Swiftqueue system used to book jabs for NHS staff were being shared online.“People are being called

direct to your inboxAn NHS boss has painted a grim picture of the coronavirus situation in the capital as he warned about the disease that is capable of leaving even young people 'breathless and gasping for life'.Dr Vin Diwakar, NHS medical director in London, has said that patients may have to be sent elsewhere for other conditions as pressure on hospital beds from Covid-19 continues to increase.Speaking at a Downing Street briefing on Tuesday night, he said: "As the pressure from Covid-19 has