with infections being released at 4pm, for the first time since Christmas Eve;The research team led by Prof Ferguson found those testing positive with Omicron are 15 to 20 percent less likely to need
hospital care.Half the level of severity means cases would have to rise twice as high to reach the same level of hospital admissions, compared with Delta.
In the meantime, real-world studies from South Africa - where Omicron was first detected - show people who catch the strain are 80 per cent less likely to be hospitalised than those infected with Delta.The UK's mammoth booster programme has been triumphant so far, with vaccination centres jabbing throughout Christmas.On December 23, a total of 32,605 Brits received a vaccine, as data shows jabs are the best way to tackle the spread of the Omicron variant.
The pair were warned a return to the rule of six, table service only or the closure of indoor hospitality would leave many on the brink of closure.takings are already down around 40 per cent on pre-pandemic levels — and a bad New Year’s Eve could push many over the edge, pubs warned. The letter, organised by the Campaign for Pubs and signed by publicans across the country, said: “We are on the brink — in many cases literally on the verge of being unable to carry on, of walking away and of going under.”said: “We urge the PM to stick to current plans.
"There is still much we don’t know about Omicron but we do know the economic and social hit lockdowns and restrictions have so caution is right.”
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