Britain will be one of the first countries to emerge from the pandemic phase of the coronavirus, according to a leading public health expert.
According to the Times, David Hayman, a professor of public health at London's School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told a think tank event that the country's very high levels of immunity due to infections and vaccinations are "keeping the virus away".
He also predicted that coronavirus will soon begin to spread less rapidly, as it does with several other more common viruses.
"The UK is closer than any other country to coming out of the pandemic, if not already out of the pandemic, and having the disease as endemic as the other four coronaviruses," said Professor Hayman, former head of Public Health England and a World Health Organization official.
He noted that the Omicron mutation does not cause serious disease or death in countries with high immunity rates.
The latest figures from the UK Health Protection Agency show that the Omicron mutation does not cause serious disease or death in countries with high immunity rates. The latest figures from the UK National Health Service show that hospitalisations have begun to stabilise or even fall in all regions of England except Yorkshire in the North East. The number of intubated patients continues to fall at least slightly each week.
Professor Paul Hunter of the University of East Anglia estimated that most of the country has reached or passed the peak of the new wave of the pandemic and that even in NE England there are signs of stabilising infections.
More than 120.000 cases in the UK on Tuesday were down 45% on a weekly basis.
In Scotland, local First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said "we are starting to turn the corner", announcing the lifting of bans on spectator attendance at outdoor sporting and arts events from next week.
Source: CNA
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