China’s COVID Wave Is Coming
In China, a dam seems on the verge of breaking. Following a wave of protests, the government has begun to relax some of its most stringent zero-COVID protocols, and regional…
How London has kept Covid hospital cases down during second wave
Lower levels of movement, and consequently social mixing, may help explain why hospitals in the capital have so far escaped a major surge of cases in the second wave. Hospitalisations…
The second wave peaked before lockdown began
The number of people admitted to hospital with Covid has also started to slow. The Prime Minister says that a still rising number of deaths justifies lockdown. But the number…
BAME health workers need extra care during second Covid wave, says minister
Black, Asian and minority ethnic health workers require extra care during the coronavirus second wave, a minister has said as the human rights watchdog launches a structural inequality investigation. Care…
‘Covid graphs were wrong and death toll will not surpass first wave’
Although the central forecasts remain unchanged, forecasting 750 deaths a day and 4,290 hospital admissions by December 8, the upper end of the range has been revised down. Instead of…
NHS algorithm wrongly predicted postponing cancer treatments during first Covid wave
However, new analysis published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that increasing the wait to surgery from six to 12 weeks would increase the risk of death by around…
Traumatised intensive care nurses ‘sectioned’ in wake of first wave
In April, three front line staff were pictured wearing clinical waste bags on their heads and feet due to a shortage of PPE, with others reportedly forced to share or…
Whitehall scrambles private sector to avoid second wave disaster
The documents warned that the task force, which has about 200 staff and directs the Government’s pandemic response, is often unable to adapt at pace or with the required skill…
Second Covid wave forecast to be more deadly than the first
The growing concerns of Government scientists may explain the Prime Minister’s determination to stick to a policy that has proved so controversial. They may also shed light on the reluctance…
Flu deaths fall as ONS says many who would have been vulnerable died during first Covid wave
The ONS said the biggest change in mortality rates had been in flu and pneumonia, which are far lower than the five-year average. Around 1,500 people would be usually expected…