While the symptoms are generally less severe than previous variants, the admission rate to Covid-19 Hospital in England is at its highest since January 2021. Mr Johnson downgraded the chances of having to impose a lockdown again, but kept the option in case appearing even more new variations concerning. Speaking to Conservative MPs Esther McVey and Philip Davies for GB News, he said: “I want to avoid that happening again and I can not rule it out, I can not say we will not be forced to do so. -Pharmaceutical interventions again of the kind we did. I think it would be irresponsible for any leader in any democracy to say that he is going to rule out something that could save lives. “I think the things we did saved lives. I have to be completely honest with you, there could be a new variant more deadly, there could be a variation that affects children, that we really need to limit, I’re not going to remove any choices from the table. But I do not think it will happen. “We are now in a phase where the virus is losing its power altogether and we have a massively vaccinated population in the UK.” A survey by the UK Health Survey shows that the total admission rate to Covid-19 Hospital for England reached 20.5 per 100,000 people in the week ending 3 April. This is the fifth consecutive weekly increase and means that total imports are now at a higher rate than at the peak of the initial Omicron wave in early January of this year (19.9). But the rate is still much lower than the all-time high of 36 per 100,000 in the first week of January 2021. Read more related articles Read more related articles
