London, Thanasis Gavos
The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was informed this morning about the latest epidemiological data by the scientific advisers of the British government.
Based on this information, the information of the British political authors states that finally Mr. Johnson is not expected to make announcements today for imposing additional restrictive measures in England.
It is believed that the information focused mainly on the data on the treatment of patients of the Omicron variant, which until Friday had almost 115,000 confirmed cases and 366 patients.
The latest aggregate data from the UK Health Insurance Agency is expected later in the afternoon, following a break in the numbers update over the weekend.
But NHS Providers Health Association chief Chris Hopson told Sky News that there may be some early indications that the new outbreak does not cause the huge wave of previous pandemics, as there is no exponential increase in the number of hospitalized corresponding to the increase in cases.
“Hospitals do not see the numbers of older people who have real respiratory problems, who need intensive care, who need large amounts of oxygen support. “We just do not see at that point those numbers we saw in January 2021,” Hopson said.
He noted that doctors are now finding more and more “accidental” cases of coronavirus, ie patients diagnosed with COVID-19 after being admitted to hospital for reasons other than because the symptoms are severe.
However, he warned that public hospitals are already on the verge of collapse, as there are also significant staff shortages due to coronavirus and therefore an increase in hospitalizations would lead to the need to prioritize patients.
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