Professor Steven Riley, Director General for Data and Surveillance at UKHSA, said: “At this time of year, the cold weather, shorter days and increased socialising mean that the potential for transmission of... Read more »
The latest government data revealed the Covid case rate in all local authorities in England and Wales (rate per 100,000). Great Yarmouth: 54.4 Chesterfield: 49.6 Scarborough: 45.1 Isle of Wight: 44.3 Fylde:... Read more »
Millions of people across the UK caught Coronavirus over the festive period, largely due to the rapid spread of its latest strain, Omicron. In fact, more than four million people in England... Read more »
The BA.2 variant is currently deemed a variant under investigation (VUI) by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), following the discovery that it has similar properties to the original Omicron strain of... Read more »
Welsh First Minister says UK Government has ‘abandoned science’ in new Covid rules Health authorities are investigating BA.2, a lineage of the Omicron variant, after it was found to have caused hundreds... Read more »
Prof Neil Ferguson, the scientist who helped shape Britain’s coronavirus lockdown strategy, said he was “cautiously optimistic” that Omicron infections had plateaued in London and could reduce in the next week. Ferguson,... Read more »
O micron infections have become the dominant variant in London having sky-rocketed in recent days. The mutation now accounts for more than 50 per cent of cases in the capital, according to... Read more »
LONDON — At almost every step of the pandemic, Britain has been a coronavirus renegade. It locked down later than its European neighbors in March 2020, rolled out vaccines faster than almost... Read more »
Covid Around The World: How Omicron Is Impacting The Holidays Omicron is less likely than the Delta variant to lead to severe disease and hospitalisation, two new studies have suggested. Research from... Read more »
Omicron cases are surging in the UK and as the variant has taken hold for more than a week we can start to see the effect it’s having on hospitalisations for the... Read more »