BRITAIN-LONDON-COVID-19-SURGE HUBS

BRITAIN-LONDON-COVID-19-SURGE HUBS

(211231) -- LONDON, Dec. 31, 2021 (Xinhua) -- A member of a construction team works on the erection of a temporary field hospital in Tooting, south London, Britain, on Dec. 31, 2021. A number of new "surge hubs" are to be set up in Britain as the country's National Health Service (NHS) goes on a "war footing" in preparation for a wave of Omicron hospital admissions, health authorities said Thursday. Temporary structures capable of housing around 100 patients will be erected in the grounds of eight hospitals across the country, with work starting as early as this week, NHS England has said. (Photo by Ray Tang/Xinhua)

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