Covid: People in hospital with Indian variant not increasing significantly – NHS boss

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Meanwhile, Dr Adam Kucharski, a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (SPI-M) that advises the government, said there were a “number of concerning signs” following the earlier finding that vaccine first doses aren’t as effective against the Delta variant and that people infected with the variant could be more likely to need … Read more

Test demand ‘significantly outstripping’ capacity

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Demand for coronavirus testing is “significantly outstripping the capacity we have”, head of NHS Test and Trace Baroness Harding has told MPs. Lady Harding told the science and technology committee that the return to school meant demand from under-17s had doubled. She acknowledged that results were also taking “slightly longer”. But she said she was … Read more