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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday said that the UK\u2019s state-run hospitals will face \u201cconsiderable pressure\u201d in the coming weeks due to the steep rise in virus infections.<\/p>

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Speaking during a visit to a vaccine centre, Johnson said \u201cthe pressure on our NHS hospitals is going to be considerable in the course of the next couple of weeks and maybe more\u201d as \u201cOmicron continues to surge through the country\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The UK saw record numbers of cases in the last days of 2021 though it has not released figures for the whole country this year.<\/p>

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The country is one of Europe\u2019s worst affected with a death toll of nearly 149,000.<\/p>

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The prime minister said that he was aware of high levels of hospital staff absences due to COVID, adding: \u201cwe\u2019re looking at what we can do to move people into those areas that are particularly badly affected\u201d.<\/p>\n

Around 50,000 NHS staff were absent from work Friday because they were ill or self-isolating due to COVID-19, The Sunday Times newspaper reported.<\/p>

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Chris Hopson, the chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents hospitals in England, told Sky News that \u201cthe pressure on hospitals outside London is now growing\u201d after the capital bore the brunt of virus cases earlier.<\/p>\n

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