Interview just now with @skynewsSam on @SkyNews
First up, estimates of R are below one nationally, cases, hospital admissions and deaths are all coming down quickly, but not as quickly perhaps as in the first wave due to more transmissible new variant and looser restrictions.
First up, estimates of R are below one nationally, cases, hospital admissions and deaths are all coming down quickly, but not as quickly perhaps as in the first wave due to more transmissible new variant and looser restrictions.
On to vaccinations. We have given over 10 million first doses which is a huge achievement. Coverage in the over 80s is 88% and in 75-79 it is 83% which are both really good figures. We need to keep pushing to get those rate up and or ensure we have good rates in lower age groups.
Suggestions yesterday that the Oxford-AZ vaccine can help to reduce transmission, which if true is potentially game-changing. Rather than just protecting individuals if we can stop them spreading the disease then we can drive down cases even more quickly.
Finally on whether Dido Harding should have know the virus would mutate.
I was quite restrained.
‘It’s disappointing to see people in seemingly quite important public health positions with seemingly very little public health knowledge’.
I was quite restrained.
‘It’s disappointing to see people in seemingly quite important public health positions with seemingly very little public health knowledge’.
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