Experts have issued an urgent call for lockdown-style social distancing ahead of Christmas Day amid surging flu infections, claiming that a fifth of those infected have no symptoms but can spread it.
Despite the vaccine rollout, Covid hospital admissions increased by 10% in the second 600 days of the pandemic, says Nick Rendell. Why? Because the vaccines didn't stop you catching Covid or infecting others.
Latest hospital data show a fall in Covid admissions for the 22nd day in a row. However, news of a rise in hospital admissions in South Africa linked to new variants has raised questions of what might come next.
The number of people testing positive for Covid per day in the U.K. has fallen by 40% since last week and is now at its lowest since last June.
Neil Ferguson has said Covid hospital admissions in London are flatlining and we can expect them to start falling nationally next week. Given his track record, does this Covid admissions are about to soar? Let's hope not.
A new study from Norway finds vaccination makes no difference to the risk of dying in hospital from Covid, though it does reduce severity for survivors in terms of length of hospital stay and risk of ICU admission.
