Category: London
UKHSA: Vaccine effectiveness drops to just 40% – 50% ten weeks after booster dose
Two to 4 weeks after a booster dose, vaccine effectiveness ranged from around 65% to 75%, dropping to 55% to 70% at 5 to 9 weeks and 40% to 50% from 10+ weeks after the booster. More...
UK.GOV: Vaccine booster doses wane after just 10 weeks
“The latest data suggests this extra protection starts to wane more rapidly, being about 15 to 25% lower from 10 weeks after the booster dose.” More...
Britain plays Russian roulette with Covid – 130,000 symptomatic cases and rising
THE UK Covid app ZOE is reporting 129,970 new symptomatic covid cases in the UK today, as the Omicron variant spirals out of control. More...
UK: They partied whilst their citizens died in their thousands
88,376 Covid cases in the UK today – another new pandemic record. More...
Plague Island: highest ever UK Covid case rate, Omicron now dominant in London
Another dismal Covid record has been broken in Britain today. More...
UKHSA Technical Briefing 31, dated 10th December 2021
“If Omicron continues to grow at the present rate, Omicron is projected to reach parity with Delta in mid-December.” More...
UKHSA bombshell: Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against the Omicron variant
“Among those who had received 2 doses of [AstraZeneca], there was NO protective effect of vaccination against symptomatic disease with Omicron from 15 weeks after the second dose.” More...
Scotland: Christmas parties cancelled over Omicron fears
Public Health Scotland has told people they should delay Christmas parties and Hogmanay celebrations due to fears over the rising number of Omicron cases in the country. More...
UK: Omicron infections could exceed one million by New Year
The UK Health Security Agency estimates that the number of infections will be around 20 times higher than the number of confirmed cases and so the number of infections is closer to 10,000. More...