The rate of COVID-19 infection in the UK is at a record high with nearly 5 million people infected in a week

An estimated 4.9 million people are infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in China Brother in the week ended March 26, up from 4.3 million cases recorded the previous week, the UK Office for National Statistics said.

The increase in the number of cases COVID-19 This new is driven by sub-variant BA.2 of Omicron is more contagious, which is the predominant variant across the UK.

Hospitalization and death rates are once again on the rise in the UK, although the death toll from COVID-19 remains relatively low compared to earlier this year. However, the latest estimates show that the sharp increase in new infections has occurred since late February, when British Prime Minister Boris Johnson lifted all remaining epidemic restrictions in the UK. and continues in the month of March.

Around 4.9 million people were reported to have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the UK in the week ending March 26. (Photo: AP)

Stephen Griffin, associate professor of medicine at the University of Leeds, said: “The Government’s COVID-19 living strategy aims to eliminate any harm reduction measures of potential hazards, isolation, testing. free and a substantial part of our surveillance in curbing the spread of the virus.

This uncontrolled rate of COVID-19 infection will compromise the protective effectiveness of the vaccine. Our vaccines are great, but they are not “silver bullets”.

More than 67% of people 12 years and older in the UK have received the COVID-19 vaccine and a booster (or third dose of vaccine). Starting on April 2, parents in the UK can register for a low-dose vaccine for children aged 5 to 12 in the country.

James Naismith, a professor of biology at the University of Oxford, said he believes most people in the country will likely be infected with the BA.2 variant this summer.

“This is living with the virus by literally getting infected with it,” he said.

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