🔴The Delta variant has wrecked hopes of herd immunity, warn scientists.
Experts tell MPs there is no way of stopping Covid spreading through the entire population, as they call for an end to mass testing.
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Experts tell MPs there is no way of stopping Covid spreading through the entire population, as they call for an end to mass testing.
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✋Scientists say it's time to accept that there was no way of stopping the virus spreading through the entire population, and monitoring people with mild symptoms was no longer helpful
💉Prof Pollard, who led the Oxford vaccine team, said it was clear that the delta variant can infect people who have been vaccinated.
Which made herd immunity impossible to reach.
🇩🇪It comes as Germany announce the end of free testing, with the provision set to stop from Oct 11
Which made herd immunity impossible to reach.
🇩🇪It comes as Germany announce the end of free testing, with the provision set to stop from Oct 11
The Department of Health confirmed that more than 3/4 of adults have now received both jabs, and calculated that 60,000 deaths and 66,900 hospitalisations have been prevented by vaccination.
🚫But experts said it would never be enough to stop Covid from spreading
🚫But experts said it would never be enough to stop Covid from spreading
"Anyone who is still unvaccinated will, at some point, meet the virus" said Sir Andrew, speaking to the all-party parliamentary group on Covid.
"We don't have anything that will stop transmission"
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"We don't have anything that will stop transmission"
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📈It was hoped that increasing the number of Britons jabbed would create a ring of protection around the population.
However, analysis by PHE shows that when vaccinated people catch the virus they have a similar viral load to unvaccinated individuals and may be as infectious
However, analysis by PHE shows that when vaccinated people catch the virus they have a similar viral load to unvaccinated individuals and may be as infectious
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Prof Hunter says it was time to change the way the data was collected and recorded.
"We need to start moving away from just reporting infections, or just reporting positive cases admitted to hospital, to actually start reporting the number of people who are ill because of Covid"
"We need to start moving away from just reporting infections, or just reporting positive cases admitted to hospital, to actually start reporting the number of people who are ill because of Covid"
The Health Secretary has confirmed that third dose booster shots would be given from next month.
🧪However, Sir Andrew argued that, if mass testing was not stopped, Britain could be in a situation of continually vaccinating the population.
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🧪However, Sir Andrew argued that, if mass testing was not stopped, Britain could be in a situation of continually vaccinating the population.
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