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The UK-wide COVID Symptom Study based on surveys of four million participants, endorsed by authorities in Scotland and Wales, run by health science company ZOE, and analysed by King's College London researchers, [2] publishes daily estimates of the number of new and total current COVID-19 infections (excluding care homes) in UK regions, without ...
The UK-wide Zoe Health Study (previously the COVID Symptom Study) which is based on surveys of numerous participants, run by health science company ZOE, and analysed by King's College London researchers, [4] publishes daily estimates of the number of new and total current COVID-19 infections (excluding care homes) in UK regions, without ...
The British Medical Journal reports the rare case of a patient who suffered permanent hearing loss following an episode of COVID-19. [408] NHS Hospital Trusts in Plymouth, Liverpool and Belfast are cancelling planned elective procedures outright or scaling-back surgery due to an upsurge in COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care. [409]
13 February – Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, describes UK government plans to reach 130% of pre-COVID elective activity levels in England by 2024–25 as “very stretching”, and warns they may not be enough to prevent the number of people on waiting lists from growing.
Beginning in May 2020, a random sample of users is selected (on the first day they report symptoms) for a swab test. [9] Researchers then use statistical analysis to determine which symptoms are likely to indicate COVID-19, [17] rather than the common cold or seasonal influenza. [2] The app does not have any contact tracing functionality. [5]
1 February – NHS England confirms that every older care home resident in England has been offered a COVID vaccine. [78]Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirms that around 80,000 residents over the age of 16 in areas of Surrey, London, Kent, Hertfordshire, Southport and Walsall are to be asked to take tests for the South African COVID-19 variant after 11 cases were identified that could not be ...
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The number of recorded deaths rises by 693 to 29,427, [269] giving the UK the highest number of COVID-19 related deaths in Europe. [ 270 ] Figures from the Office for National Statistics for the week ending 24 April show 21,997 deaths from all causes registered in England and Wales; this is a decrease of 354 from the previous week but still ...