App to be trialled on Isle of Wight and in Newham; 1.85 million people waiting longer than 18 weeks for routine hospital treatment amid coronavirus delaysGlobal coronavirus live: latest updates 2.46pm BST Dr Lilith Whittles, a postdoctoral researcher in infectious disease epidemiology at Imperial College London, has warned there is not enough immunity within the UK population to prevent a second wave of coronavirus infections.At a Covid-19 webinar hosted by the Royal Society of Medicine on Thursday, she agreed that if local outbreaks were not managed correctly they could potentially lead to a second wave.We’re nowhere near the level of population immunity that we would need to prevent the occurrence of a second wave. In a worst-case scenario of a second wave we could see a peak of a similar size to the first.If we’ve got only 65% follow-up, which is what you’re seeing in many areas of the country, that leaves an inordinate amount of people that are not followed up and able to carry on going around their communities.The way the central system was set up was it takes everyone as an individual, which is ludicrous really.This [the virus] has not gone away … It’s still here. So, when we start talking about easements and it’s all going to be OK, we’ve got to stop that narrative. I have huge issues with things like Eat Out To Help Out … when I’m walking up my road and seeing people queuing up, it’s a concern. 2.34pm BST A further 13 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals to 29,444, NHS England has said.The patients were aged between 49 and 90 and one patient, aged 86, had no known underlying health conditions. Another four deaths were reported with no positive Covid-19 test result. Continue reading…
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