🔺 NEW: England’s R rate has fallen below one for the first time since last March thetimes.co.uk/article/covid-…
The R value, a measure of the spread of Covid which represents how many people each person infected will pass the virus on to, is between 0.7 and 0.9, according to ONS.
It means that on average, every 10 people infected will infect between seven and nine others 🦠
It means that on average, every 10 people infected will infect between seven and nine others 🦠
However, rates among schoolchildren are rising again.📈
One child in ten aged between two years old and school year six was infected in the week ending January 22, the ONS said🚸
One child in ten aged between two years old and school year six was infected in the week ending January 22, the ONS said🚸
“The virus is sweeping through schoolchildren, with prevalence in two to 12 year-olds above one in ten. This is staggering,” James Naismith, a professor of structural biology at the University of Oxford, said.
🗣️"This age group is not being vaccinated routinely"
🗣️"This age group is not being vaccinated routinely"
🗣️“Covid is less severe in this age group than the elderly but if this level of prevalence is sustained, then even a small portion of infections leading to long Covid or serious illness will be consequential”
Naismith said it's important to ensure vaccine take up for teenagers💉
Naismith said it's important to ensure vaccine take up for teenagers💉
High levels of virus in younger age groups have historically spread into their parents’ and grandparents’ age groups.
📉 Overall, however, rates of Covid are falling in England 🏴, Wales 🏴and Scotland 🏴, while the trend in Northern Ireland is uncertain, the ONS said
📉 Overall, however, rates of Covid are falling in England 🏴, Wales 🏴and Scotland 🏴, while the trend in Northern Ireland is uncertain, the ONS said
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