BRITAIN-HEALTH-VIRUS

Ambulances are parked at the entrance to the Basildon and Thurrock hospital in south west Essex, eastern England, on January 1, 2021. - Britain said December 31 that it had vaccinated almost 950,000 people, as a surge in coronavirus cases prompted the reopening of field hospitals and warnings not to party on New Year's Eve. Health Services are under increasing pressure after record levels of daily lab-confirmed cases of Covid-19 has led to more patients being treated in hospital in England than during the initial peak of the outbreak in April with regions like Essex declaring a "major Incident" due to the increasing number of infections. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)