Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 15 September 2021

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1. PM ‘risking 7,000 daily hospitalisations’

Up to 7,000 people a day could be hospitalised with Covid in England next month unless the government urgently implements a “basket of measures”, scientific advisers have warned Boris Johnson. After the PM said he hoped increasing vaccinations meant a “Plan B” of fresh restrictions could be avoided, the Sage committee said a “relatively light set of measures” ushered in early enough could curb infections.

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