NHS chief warns UK will 'do well' to escape coronavirus crisis with under 20,000 deaths
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dailyrecord.co.ukAn NHS chief has warned the UK will have "done well" if it comes through the coronavirus pandemic with fewer than 20,000 deaths.
Stephen Powis' comments came on Sunday when the National Medical Director of NHS England was asked if he hoped Britain was not on the same trajectory as places like Italy.The Covid-stricken country's death toll currently sits at 9,134 with nearly 86,500 confirmed cases.
Speaking at a news conference in Downing Street alongside Business Secretary Alok Sharma, Powis said: "If we can keep deaths below 20,000 we will have done very well in this epidemic. "If it is less than 20,000...
that would be a good result though every death is a tragedy, but we should not be complacent about that."Powis added the NHS had been
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