📈🏴 Coronavirus cases have surged over the past week to make Scotland the Covid capital of Europe.
🚨 So, how serious is the current situation in Scotland?
🧵 A thread...
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🚨 So, how serious is the current situation in Scotland?
🧵 A thread...
telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…
🦠 Scotland is now the worst-hit region in the UK, with 317 infections per 100,000 people - more than double England's rate.
📈 On Friday, it reported more than 4,000 cases - the highest number so far in the pandemic, although hospitalisations and deaths remain mercifully low
📈 On Friday, it reported more than 4,000 cases - the highest number so far in the pandemic, although hospitalisations and deaths remain mercifully low
💉 While vaccinations are moving at a similar pace across the UK, the averages disguise important gaps.
👉 Serology data from the ONS shows Scotland has fewer people with antibodies against Covid-19 than England: 79 per cent compared with England’s 87 per cent
👉 Serology data from the ONS shows Scotland has fewer people with antibodies against Covid-19 than England: 79 per cent compared with England’s 87 per cent
🏴 Scotland's health minister suggested that the Euros are to blame, but experts say the problem may be closer to home.
👀 Cases are one thing, hospitalisations are another, and Scotland could provide an early indicator of what happens elsewhere
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👀 Cases are one thing, hospitalisations are another, and Scotland could provide an early indicator of what happens elsewhere
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