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About half of positive coronavirus cases in the UK are not being recorded, a pandemic expert claimed.
Professor Mark Woolhouse, who teaches infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh, told the BBC that this failure is the reason Liverpool’s mass testing scheme has been introduced. He said: “The problem that the pilot plan is trying to solve is that we still don’t find about half of the Covid cases in Scotland or the UK as a whole.”
His claims have yet to be verified by the Scottish government or the UK.
Meanwhile, in the US, coronavirus cases have officially exceeded 10 million cases. The NBC News tally shows that the grim milestone was reached when the number of cases globally reached 50 million.
Currently, more than 239,000 deaths have been officially recorded in the US, with more than 1 million confirmed cases of the virus in the past 10 days.
Wales enjoys ‘signs of stability’ when doctor warns people to avoid England
Wales Medical Director Dr Frank Atherton has said there are “early signs of stability” as the country comes out of the firewall lockdown.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today show this morning, he said: “Today we will get out of the firewall fixes.
“We always recognized that there would be a lag in terms of the indicators that we look at as to the success that we have had, but we are seeing some early signs of stability and we are seeing it in the mobility data, so we recognize that the people of Wales have traveled significantly less during the firewall, and we’re starting to see that in some of the test rates. “
Dr Atherton also said on the show that it was important that the behavior of the people of Wales not go back to what it was before. “We still have to work differently,” he said.
When asked if people could be prevented from traveling between England and Wales, Dr Atherton said that with England under national blockade there was “no reason” to cross the border.
“Right now England is moving towards their lockdown, so there is no reason for people to travel from Wales to England,” he said.
“As England comes out of its lockdown, we will have to absolutely rethink how people travel.”
Sam hancock9 November 2020 09:07
France fights second wave as death toll surpasses 40,000
France’s prime minister has urged people to abide by the lockdown measures, as a record number of coronavirus cases were reported in a single day and the death toll in the country exceeded 40,000.
Jean Castex said the second wave of Covid-19 had “arrived in a brutal and violent way” after meeting with the staff of the CHU Hopital Nord in the city of Saint-Etienne.
Speaking of French caregivers, Castex tweeted: “Let’s respect. Let’s respect the confinement. Let’s limit our contacts as much as possible. “
More than 30,000 people are hospitalized in France with Covid-19, after nearly 20,000 admissions in the last seven days, according to the Ministry of Health.
Peter stubley has the story:
Sam hancock9 November 2020 08:55
The United States reports more than 10 million cases and 239,000 deaths
More than 10 million people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the United States, according to the latest figures.
The NBC News tally shows that the grim milestone was reached when the number of cases globally reached 50 million.
Currently, more than 239,000 deaths have been officially recorded in the US with more than 1 million confirmed cases of the virus in the US in the past 10 days.
The nation’s seven-day average surpasses 100,000, with at least four consecutive days in the past week in which the United States broke its own record for daily cases.
The independentit is Oliver O’Connell Y Alex woodward report:
Sam hancock9 November 2020 08:45
Half of positive coronavirus cases in the UK go unrecorded
About half of positive coronavirus cases in the UK are not being recorded, a pandemic expert claimed.
Professor Mark Woolhouse, who teaches infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh, said these unreported cases mean that attempts to control the virus are being done “with one hand behind the back.”
Professor Woolhouse, who is part of a Sage subgroup and a member of the Scottish government’s Covid-19 advisory group, also revealed that this is why Liverpool’s mass testing scheme was introduced: to combat the problem of unidentified cases.
Speaking at BBC Scotland’s Seven days program, Professor Woolhouse said: “The problem the pilot scheme test in Liverpool is trying to solve is that we are still not finding about half of the Covid cases in Scotland or the UK as a whole,” before adding : “That is a high proportion.”
“It’s probably partly because many of them are asymptomatic or so mildly infected that they don’t recognize the symptoms, partly because people have symptoms but don’t actually recognize them as Covid – I’ve heard a few cases of that in the week. past, and also the possibility that some people have symptoms and ignore them, perhaps because they do not want to isolate themselves, “he said.
He ended by warning: “We cannot control the epidemic effectively if these cases are not self-isolating and their contacts are traced. It’s going to make it a lot more difficult. “
(Channel 4)
Sam hancock9 November 2020 08:28
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