New coronavirus alert system set up in UK to gauge risk posed by Covid-19

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A new alert system is being established to monitor the threat posed by Covid-19 in the UK&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The system&comma; similar to that used to establish the terrorist threat&comma; will be run by a new Joint Biosecurity Centre&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The UK is currently at level four of the five-tier system&comma; just below the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;most critical” threat – the kind that would have seen the NHS swamped by coronavirus cases&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Boris Johnson used his address to the nation to suggest the country was now edging towards level three&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;155053" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-155053" style&equals;"width&colon; 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the fewer the measures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The higher the level&comma; the tougher and stricter we will have to be&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There will be five alert levels&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Level one means the disease is no longer present in the UK and level five is the most critical – the kind of situation we could have had if the NHS had been overwhelmed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Over the period of the lockdown&comma; we have been in level four&comma; and it is thanks to your sacrifice we are now in a position to begin to move in steps to level three&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e2690f02629">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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