Double stab UK If they are close contacts, they will no longer need to self-isolate Coronavirus-Active people from today.
Instead, people will be encouraged to perform PCR testing, but it is not mandatory.The new guidelines will apply to people whose final dose has been approved vaccine At least 14 days before contact with a positive case.
Those who have not received two doses of the vaccine still need to be quarantined for 10 days.
At the same time, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged world leaders to convene an emergency summit to deal with the “scandal” of the global coronavirus vaccine shortage.
With the rising death toll in Africa, he called on Joe Biden, Boris Johnson, and this year’s G20 chairman Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi to take action before the United Nations General Assembly in September.
According to Mr. Brown, Africa has only fully vaccinated 1.9% of its population and has been forced to export millions of life-saving Covid vaccines to Europe, which has already been fully vaccinated with more than 50%.
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Warns of potential fall wave that 1,000 people may be admitted to hospital every day
An expert warned that a “massive” wave of Covid-19 could still occur in the fall-1,000 people may be admitted to hospital every day.
Professor Neal Ferguson, an infectious disease modeler and epidemiologist at Imperial College London, said that the current case rate is “alarming” into September-as schools recover, the mix will increase.
However, he added that due to the vaccination program, any surge in hospitalization is “unlikely” to cause the death toll that occurred earlier this year.
He said that the lockdown will not prevent the surge in cases, but will prevent it through crowd immunity.
New data shows that the number of coronavirus patients in hospitals in England has risen to the highest level in five months.
The latest data from NHS England shows that at 8 am on Monday, August 16, 5,429 coronavirus patients were hospitalized in England, an increase of 6.5% from the 5,098 on Monday, August 9.
This is the largest number of beds occupied by a coronavirus patient in England since March 16, when there were 5,664 beds.
At the same time, on August 14, the number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in England was 689, a 9.4% increase from the 630 recorded on August 7 each week.
Government data as of August 15 show that of the 88,037,283 Covid injections performed in the UK, 47,333,702 were the first doses, an increase of 31,257 from the previous day.
Approximately 40,703,581 people were the second dose, an increase of 126,383 people.
The government said that as of Monday, within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19, another 26 people had died, bringing the total in the UK to 130,979.
Separate data released by the UK National Bureau of Statistics showed that 155,000 people died in the UK and Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
The government said that as of 9am on Monday, there were 28,438 laboratory confirmed Covid-19 cases in the UK.
Positive test in the Premier League
The Premier League announced that 11 cases of coronavirus have tested positive in the past week.
The league stated that the results were obtained after a total of 3,231 players and club staff underwent two rounds of testing between August 9th and 15th.
The first round of the Premier League in the new season will be played from Friday to Sunday.
Tokyo Olympics: Affected by the epidemic, fans will be banned from participating in the Paralympics
Organizers confirmed that due to the coronavirus pandemic, all fans will be banned from participating in the Paralympic Games in Japan, just like the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics. There are some exceptions during the Olympics, and some fans are allowed to enter remote areas far away from Tokyo.
This time, except for the possibility of some children participating in some unspecified activities, all fans will be banned. Organizers also asked the public not to come out to watch road races. The decision was announced after a meeting with Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Games, Seiko Hashimoto, Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, and Olympic Minister Marukawa Tamashiro. The Paralympic Games will open on August 24, when there will be approximately 4,400 athletes participating, which is far smaller than the 11,000 athletes in the Olympics.
However, with the increase in new infections in Tokyo and the arrival of the Paralympics, this may expose a group of athletes who are more susceptible to the coronavirus. Mr. Parsons said at a press conference that there is no room for complacency after the Olympics. “Given the current number of cases in Tokyo and Japan, everyone participating in these competitions must be vigilant,” he said. In the 17 days of the Olympics, the number of new infections in Tokyo has tripled, although medical experts say this surge is not directly related to the Tokyo Olympics.
Instead, experts proposed an indirect impact because the public was distracted and caught in the false sense of security provided by hosting the Olympics.
Research shows that long-term Covid patients have higher coagulation indicators
According to new evidence, the coagulation indicators of long-term Covid patients continue to rise.
This can explain persistent symptoms, including decreased physical fitness and fatigue.
Symptoms of long Covid syndrome may last weeks to months after the initial infection resolves, and are estimated to affect millions of people worldwide.
Researchers examined 50 patients with long-term Covid syndrome symptoms to better understand whether abnormal blood clotting is involved.
They found that compared with healthy controls, patients with long-term Covid syndrome had significantly higher blood coagulation markers.
The study was led by researchers from the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, and was published in the Journal of Thrombosis and Hemostasis.
With the relaxation of self-isolation rules, the doctors union issued a warning
A doctors union stated that the coronavirus situation is still “very unstable” and the public should be cautious after relaxing the self-isolation rules for fully vaccinated people.
With the new guidelines coming into effect, the British Medical Association (BMA) strongly urges people to continue to take smart precautions, which means that contacts of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 no longer need to be isolated unless they have symptoms.
The relaxation of the rules came into effect in England on Monday, which means that although people are advised to take PCR tests when they are exposed to positive cases, they are not required by law to do so.
The BMA stated that people should be tested and called on the government to explore expanding the official Covid-19 symptom list to ensure that it stays as up-to-date as possible and does not miss cases.
According to the NHS, the main symptoms of the virus are high temperature, a new persistent cough, and/or loss or change in your sense of smell or taste.
The BMA also urges the government to consider “re-examining the policy and re-enforce infection control measures in public”.
The agency also stated that medical staff who want to self-isolate “should not be punished for this.”
Potential fall wave could result in 1,000 hospital admissions every day
An expert warned that there may be a wave of Covid-19 in the fall, and 1,000 people may be admitted to the hospital every day.
Professor Neal Ferguson, an infectious disease modeler and epidemiologist at Imperial College London, said that the current case rate is “waking up” and entering September, as the school resumes, the mix will increase.
However, due to the vaccination program, the surge in hospitalization is unlikely to result in the death toll that occurred earlier this year, he said.
He added that the lockdown will not prevent the surge in cases, but the population immunity.
Professor Ferguson’s comments were made after the rules were relaxed, so if fully vaccinated adults come into contact with people who have tested positive for Covid-19, they will no longer need to be quarantined.
Delta variants blamed on Russia’s Covid death toll close to record high
Russia reported 806 coronavirus-related deaths on Monday, close to an all-time high amid a surge in cases.
The authorities attribute the increase to the infectious delta variant.
The government’s coronavirus task force has reported 20,765 new cases in the past 24 hours, including 1,489 in Moscow. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the total number of infections has reached 6,621,601.
