this just in...
The number of daily Omicron infections in the UK has been estimated as
being at 200,000, Sajid Javid has said as he warned omicron cases are
going to “dramatically increase”.
On Monday the UK Health Security Agency said the number of daily Covid >infections was estimated to be 200,000, based on its modelling, while the >NHS’ Covid alert level was also raised to four, the highest possible level.
Speaking in the House of Commons on Thursday health secretary Sajid Javid >said: “It’s vital we remember that hospitalisations and deaths lag >infections by around two weeks so we can expect those numbers to
dramatically increase in the days and weeks that lie ahead.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-uk-cases-omicron-latest-today-b1975243.html
He told MPs there are now 4,713 (confirmed) cases of Omicron in the UK >adding: “the UK Health Security Agency estimates that the current rate of, >the current number of daily infections are around 200,000. “While Omicron >represents over 20 per cent of cases in England, we’ve already seen it
rise to over 44 per cent in London and we expect it to become the dominant >Covid 19 variant in the capital in the next 48 hours.’’
He said the UK’s four chief medical officers had raised the Covid alert >level to four, its second highest level during the weekend, while on
Monday the NHS has announced it had raised its alert level to the highest >“level four national incident.”
Mr Javid said: “This means the NHS response to Omicron will be coordinated >as a national effort rather than led by individual trusts.”
The NHS’ highest alert level is four, it is separate to the Government’s >Covid-19 Alert level which is a scale of one to five. During the second >Covid-19 wave the NHS triggered level four on 5 November 2020.
The NHS’ latest action comes as The Independent reported on Sunday
hospital trusts have been asked to surge their critical care capacity due
in anticipation for Covid-19 pressures hitting ICUs within the next few >weeks.
On Sunday the prime minister announced the government intended to bring >forward its deadline to offer booster covid-19 vaccines to all adults from >January 31 to December 31. He admitted routine NHS care would have to take
a hit over the next month.
Today the reports surfaced of people waiting hours in queues for a
Covid-19 booster jab, as the NHS national booking system crashed.
Sources who were on the call told The Independent they were told by
leaders Omircon was doubling every “two to three days” and the NHS >anticipated the highest peak would be in just a few weeks.
### - news is rapidly changing/evolving here every couple of hours as it >comes in, omicron infections apparently doubling every 2 days meaning that >200,000 cases today rapidly becoming 400,000 cases and then 800,000 in
only the next 3 or 4 days! (there's only 65 million peeps IN the uk?? so >then, only about 2 weeks before 'every' fucker's gots it!)
with already 10 now hospitalised cases of omicron and 1 death documented,
the figures here don't look very encouraging at all... there's not gonna
be any 'official' lockdown (at least not yet) but they's already >asking/suggesting that people 'voluntarily' limit coming into contact with >others over the xmas period, and to avoid it altogether if at all
possible...
meanwhile, peeps here is getting a bit scared and flooding-out in their >1000's to get booster shots, very long queues forming wherever these jabs
are being offered: the very circumstances we're currently being advised to >'avoid' lol... boosters & vaccines not being of much effect for at least a >week or so anyway??
it's not good news anyway + 'anything' could happen with this now 'forth' >wave we're into...
(fuck all this shit, am staying home haha...)
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