"Please remain cautious and when we get into the New Year, of course, we will see then whether we do need to take any further measures but nothing more until then at least.
"Please remain cautious and when we get into the New Year, of course, we will see then whether we do need to take any further measures but nothing more until then at least."
"What's particularly interesting is how many chief executives are talking about the number of asymptomatic patients being admitted to hospital for other reasons and then testing positive for Covid."As the Covid community infection rate rises rapidly due to Omicron, we will get significantly more cases of incidental Covid in hospital."
Professor Alison Leary, chair of healthcare and workforce modelling at London Southbank University, said the NHS absence rate in the capital had risen by 30% on normal levels as of Christmas Eve, with "Omicron in particular putting a lot more strain on the system". "We'd hope that's a worst-case scenario, but because we are already seeing an increase, I think it wouldn't be unrealistic to expect that to go up significantly."
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