UK infections highest ever in the pandemic so far.
New Zealand
Stop vaccine passes and vaccine mandates for some of the workforce, early April
Stopping gathering limits in outdoor settings
Requirements to use the Covid-19 tracer app when entering businesses.
Michael Plank, Te Pūnaha Matatini and University of Canterbury
Vaccines are still hugely effective at preventing severe illness,
but less effective at stopping people catching and spreading the virus
At the same time, we now have increasing levels of infection-acquired immunity in the population.
This means that allowing unvaccinated people into places like cafes and bars doesn’t substantially alter the risk of catching Covid there
At least as many people will be infected on the way down the mountain as on the way up,
and pressure on our healthcare system is likely to remain high.
Keeping mask rules is crucial to limit transmission
China
Cases, + 4,770
HTTPS://WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM/WORLD/2022/MAR/22/CHINA-LOCKS-DOWN-CITY-OF-9-MILLION-AND-REPORTS-4000-CASES-AS-OMICRON-TESTS-ZERO-COVID-STRATEGY
City of Shenyang, (9 million people)
Cases, + 47
All housing compounds under ‘closed management’
Local lockdowns, mass testing and citywide closures
Dozens of officials have been punished or sacked for virus control failures
Only around half of Chinese aged over 80 have been double-vaccinated
Zoe data
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UK official data
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ONS
HTTPS://WWW.ONS.GOV.UK/PEOPLEPOPULATIONANDCOMMUNITY/HEALTHANDSOCIALCARE/CONDITIONSANDDISEASES/ARTICLES/CORONAVIRUSCOVID19/LATESTINSIGHTS
Prevalence
4.87% in England (1 in 20 people)
4.13% in Wales (1 in 25 people)
7.12% in Northern Ireland (1 in 14 people)
7.15% in Scotland (1 in 14 people)
