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In the week up to and including 29 September, 3,819 Covid patients were admitted to hospital, a 24.8% increase on the week before. Covid patients in hospital have increased by almost 25% (PA Wire)
The highly mutated new Covid variant Pirola has seen cases spike in the UK promoting the UK government to bring forward autumn jabs.. Pirola, or BA.2.86, is the latest Omicron strain to appear ...
The Office for National Statistics estimates that 2.0 million people in private households in the UK have long COVID (with symptoms, primarily fatigue and difficulty concentrating, continuing for more than four weeks after a confirmed or suspected COVID infection). 1.5 million of them say their daily activities are adversely affected. [7]
The COVID-19 pandemic was the third leading cause of death globally in 2020 and the second in 2021, according to a recent World Health Organization report.The almost 13 million lives lost during ...
British epidemiologist Tim Spector said in mid-December 2021 that the majority of symptoms of the Omicron variant were the same as a common cold, including headaches, sore throat, runny nose, fatigue and sneezing, so that people with cold symptoms should take a test. "Things like fever, cough and loss of smell are now in the minority of ...
By 6 October, due in part to an upsurge in testing, London's infection rate was more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases a day, with 16 boroughs reporting more than 60 new cases per 100,000 people. [17] Two days later, 8 October 2020, the Evening Standard reported that in the week to 4 October 2020 the capital city had recorded 6,723 new COVID-19 ...
At this time, it's not possible to know whether infection with BA.2.86 produces different symptoms from other variants, according to the CDC. "The case numbers are just too small," Pekosz says.
Official figures show the UK economy experienced 7.5% recovery during 2021, but fell back in December because of concern about the Omicron variant. [219] Spanish tourism minister Fernando Valdés confirms that unvaccinated British teenagers will be allowed to enter Spain provided they give a negative PCR test from Monday 14 February. [220]