U.K. Covid-19 July 2021

I have suddenly gone off Cream

 

Goverment figures: =
Daily summary | Coronavirus in the UK (data.gov.uk).

 

BBC News: .
Summary

1. Another 29,622 cases of coronavirus are reported in the UK, a slight fall from Thursday, and 68 further deaths
2. But Covid infections rose for most parts of the UK in the week up to 24 July, according to Office for National Statistics estimates
3. The R number has fallen slightly in England and is now between 1.1. and 1.4 - last week it was between 1.2 and 1.4
4. Labour is calling for England to follow Wales and bring forward the date on which fully vaccinated people can avoid isolation
5. Fully-jabbed people in Wales will not need to self-isolate after contact with someone with Covid from 7 August
6. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says there is no reason for England to bring forward its date from 16 August
7. More pregnant women should get the vaccine, England's chief midwife says, as estimates suggest the majority are unvaccinated
8. Japan has widened a state of emergency in Tokyo and expanded it to new regions as it faces a surge in cases
9. A new Covid outbreak of the Delta variant in China is being described as the worst since Wuhan

As it happened: Slight fall in daily figures recorded in UK - BBC News

 

How are the Masks in your area?

• I went to the City Centre yesterday (via Public transport) with my Grandchilfren, - the 'Bus ride' was fine maskwise, then came the shops.
• The vast number of folk walking around were mask-free with those in the shops having inconsistent clientele

 

SAGE warns of New deadly COVID variant:

• (Oh dear):

New deadlier COVID variant that could kill one in three 'a realistic possibility', SAGE warns (msn.com)

 

Covid app tweaked to alert fewer people and end ‘pingdemic’ chaos:



Under new programming, only those who have been in contact with an asymptomatic case in the past 48 hours will be pinged.

Previously, the app traced contacts back five days for both symptomatic and asymptomatic infections, even though previous studies have shown that people become infectious one to two days before the onset of symptoms and are unlikely to spread the virus earlier.

Covid app tweaked to alert fewer people and end ‘pingdemic’ chaos (msn.com)

 

No prospect of an amber watchlist being introduced at the latest travel: Sky News understands.

Government sources have confirmed that PM Boris Johnson has rejected the idea in the wake of a backlash.
It comes after the prime minister said he wanted a "simple" and "user-friendly" system for travellers while at the same time stopping the importation of new variants of COVID-19.
Johnson said "I understand how much people plan, prepare, for the summer holidays,"

No prospect of amber travel watchlist being introduced this week (msn.com)

 

Yet another scumbag 'nasty party' 'U' turn !!!

 

Scotland’s Covid restrictions to go on Monday but masks remain:



Scotland’s Covid restrictions to go on Monday but masks remain (msn.com)

 

More unrest after U-turn

Johnson faced fresh calls to ease international travel restrictions as the fallout continued from a decision to abandon plans for a new watchlist

Calls for further easing of travel rules after abandonment of amber watchlist (msn.com)

 

Very positive results for the Manchester area .



Just proves what they did with Bolton worked as its well under the England average. I dont know why they didnt replicate that in other problematic hotspots ?

 

Jabs for the kids:

Covid vaccines to be offered to all 16 and 17-year-olds within weeks (msn.com)

 

31,808 new infections recorded: -(Megan Baynes, SKY News reporter)


More than six million coronavirus cases have now been recorded in the UK since the start of the pandemic, government data shows.

UK tops six million COVID cases - as 31,808 new infections recorded (msn.com)

 

Meanwhile at the Olympics:
The Tokyo Games has shown how to keep the pandemic at bay, an Olympics health adviser says (From Jake Kwon in Seoul, South Korea - Part 1)

The Olympics in Tokyo demonstrate how the Covid-19 pandemic can be managed, says a medical adviser to the Games' organizers.

• The former director of Global Health for Public Health England, Dr. Brian McCloskey said he feels that organizers' efforts to keep the event safe were "very successful."

“We have shown that it’s possible to keep the pandemic at bay and that is a very important lesson from Tokyo to the rest of the world," said McCloskey, who chairs an independent expert panel advising Olympic organizers on Covid-19 countermeasures, at a briefing in Tokyo on Saturday.

• McCloskey said the data gathered in the past few weeks will be shared so other organizations and governments can learn from what took place in Tokyo

Maybe lessons there to be learned?

 

However,
There are still some concerns:-
(Jake Kwon in Seoul, South Korea - Part 2)

Though the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have, by and large, gone about as well as could be hoped for a major sporting competition held in the middle of a pandemic, the situation throughout the Japanese capital is getting worse, with new cases surging to record levels and doctors warning of a medical system that risks being overwhelmed.

Olympic organizers and Japan's leaders, including Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, have previously said they do not believe the Olympics have contributed to the surge in cases.

- - - However some medical professionals and public health experts disagree.

They see people gathering outside venues like Tokyo's Olympic Stadium and worry that a corresponding, post-Games spike in Covid-19 cases is coming.

So I guess, "Still none the wiser"

 

I leave that to you Vlad - That's all you seem to do

 

Staggering Covid vaccine map pinpoints areas with LOWEST vaccination rates - data (msn.com)

 

SAGE Scientist ‘cautiously optimistic’ further lockdowns will not be required: (Evening Standard Reporters)


© PA Archive Coronavirus – Wed Jan 20, 2021

A return to life as normal could fuel an autumn wave of coronavirus cases but further lockdowns may not be required, a Government scientific adviser has said.

Professor John Edmunds, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said he was “cautiously optimistic” that another lockdown would not be needed to bring cases under control again.

Prof Edmunds said there was a need to be “very cautious” about the situation at the moment because previous peaks had been countered by locking down.

“We’re not doing that this time,” he told Times Radio. “But I don’t think we will need to go into a lockdown. I hope not anyway. I very much hope not.

 

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