Reported Covid infections have dropped to their lowest figure in a month, as ONS survey data indicate the Omicron BA.2 wave has peaked in England, albeit at a record high. But NHS 111 data paint a very different picture.
Boris Johnson has admitted he "can't rule out" plunging the U.K. into a Covid lockdown again, despite only just releasing the nation from two years of crippling on-off restrictions. He's learned nothing, it seems.
NHS beds are being blocked by 'well' patients, new figures show, with 16% of beds occupied by those fit to leave, and 71% of the fit-to-leave failing to be discharged, adding to hospital pressures.
Take out the noise from the mortality data for England and Wales and what you find are 23,000 additional deaths since the vaccine rollout began that urgently need to be explained.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
