Covid-19: 'Real risk we could run out of beds', says Sadiq Khan
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has declared a "major incident" as coronavirus threatens to overwhelm the capital's hospitals.
Major incidents have previously been called for the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017 and the terror attacks at Westminster Bridge and London Bridge.
Mr Khan said: "Unless the virus reduces... we could run out of beds."
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