Channel: Dr. John Campbell

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Description: UK infections highest ever in the pandemic so far. New Zealand Stop vaccine passes and vaccine mandates for some of the workforce, early April Stopping gathering limits in outdoor settings Requirements to use the Covid-19 tracer app when entering businesses. Michael Plank, Te Pūnaha Matatini and University of Canterbury Vaccines are still hugely effective at preventing severe illness, but less effective at stopping people catching and spreading the virus At the same time, we now have increasing levels of infection-acquired immunity in the population. This means that allowing unvaccinated people into places like cafes and bars doesn’t substantially alter the risk of catching Covid there At least as many people will be infected on the way down the mountain as on the way up, and pressure on our healthcare system is likely to remain high. Keeping mask rules is crucial to limit transmission China Cases, + 4,770 THEGUARDIAN.COM/WORLD/2022/MAR/22/CHINA-LOCKS-DOWN-CITY-OF-9-MILLION-AND-REPORTS-4000-CASES-AS-OMICRON-TESTS-ZERO-COVID-STRATEGY City of Shenyang, (9 million people) Cases, + 47 All housing compounds under ‘closed management’ Local lockdowns, mass testing and citywide closures Dozens of officials have been punished or sacked for virus control failures Only around half of Chinese aged over 80 have been double-vaccinated Zoe data covid.joinzoe.com/data UK official data coronavirus.data.gov.uk ONS ONS.GOV.UK/PEOPLEPOPULATIONANDCOMMUNITY/HEALTHANDSOCIALCARE/CONDITIONSANDDISEASES/ARTICLES/CORONAVIRUSCOVID19/LATESTINSIGHTS Prevalence 4.87% in England (1 in 20 people) 4.13% in Wales (1 in 25 people) 7.12% in Northern Ireland (1 in 14 people) 7.15% in Scotland (1 in 14 people)