The rate of Covid-19 infection has reached record levels in the UK: according to the latest figures from the UK’s official statistics office, 13 out of 13 people have contracted the virus in the past week. AP . news.
The National Bureau of Statistics said Friday that coronavirus infections were estimated at 4.9 million people in the week ending March 26, up from 4.3 million in the previous week. The recent rise is due to the more contagious omicron BA.2 variant, which is the predominant variant across the UK.
The number of new infections has risen sharply since the end of February, when British Prime Minister Boris Johnson lifted all remaining coronavirus restrictions in England.
Those who do not have a disease that makes them more vulnerable to contracting the virus will now have to pay for the tests.
The government’s “live with covid” strategy eliminates all mitigation measures, isolation, free testing and a large part of our surveillance, which means nothing more than ignoring this virus in the future.
Said Stephen Griffin, Associate Professor at the University of Leeds School of Medicine.
In the UK, more than 67 per cent of people aged 12 or older have been vaccinated and have received a booster or third dose of the coronavirus vaccine. From Saturday, parents can also order a low-dose vaccine for children aged 5 to 12 years in England.
According to James Naismith, professor of biology at the University of Oxford, most people in the country are likely to have BA.2 by summer:
He literally coexists with the virus by infecting him.
