UK local authorities not ready for the number of deaths from Covid-19

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200327141526.htm

Even if fatality rates are at the lower end of expectations -- one percent of virus victims -- it is highly likely that death and bereavement services will be overwhelmed, according to newly-published research by Dr Julia Meaton, Dr Anna Williams and researcher Helen-Marie Kruger.

They have drawn on a wide range of data that includes the experience of previous pandemics and analysed the readiness of a local authority in England -- anonymised in the article -- in order to appraise the scale of the challenge.

UK local authorities not ready for the number of deaths from Covid-19

Mar 27, 2020, 7:33pm UTC
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200327141526.htm > Even if fatality rates are at the lower end of expectations -- one percent of virus victims -- it is highly likely that death and bereavement services will be overwhelmed, according to newly-published research by Dr Julia Meaton, Dr Anna Williams and researcher Helen-Marie Kruger. > They have drawn on a wide range of data that includes the experience of previous pandemics and analysed the readiness of a local authority in England -- anonymised in the article -- in order to appraise the scale of the challenge.