for full details of the elections in your area go to the bbc news website. in the politics section, you can enter your postcode and get all the details. that s all at bbc.co.uk/news. the number of people in the uk who had coronavirus in the week ending 9th april is down about 10% compared with the week before. estimates from the office for national statistics show about one in 15 people had covid last week, down from one in 13 the previous week. let s speak to the bbc s head of statistics robert cuffe, who has been looking at those new figures from the 0ns. infection seem to be falling, robert, why is that?- infection seem to be falling, robert, why is that? well, the bii iest robert, why is that? well, the biggest thing robert, why is that? well, the biggest thing that robert, why is that? well, the biggest thing that has - robert, why is that? well, the i biggest thing that has happened in the last few months there is the vast number of people who have been infected and that is
picture of rises and falls. but as part of the living with covid plan, you don t need two things looking at the same question, the government decided only to fund one and they re going to tighten the budget. there is a reduction in what we are seeing, but we have other ways to figure out what is going on. the 0ns is a good source of information. thank you. raise researchers in cambridge have rejuvenated the skin cells taken from a 53 year old women, making them equivalent to those of a 23 year old. writing in the journal e life, the scientists say that they believe that they might be able to do the same thing with other tissues in the body. the eventual aim is to develop treatments for age related diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and neurological disorders. here s our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. the breakthrough was made in this lab in cambridge.
katharine da costa reports. most nhs staff will be glad to see the back of 2021. nearly two years into this pandemic, many are exhausted. a spike in covid cases is driving a rise in staff sickness. in england, london is worst affected, with about 4% of staff in acute trusts absent for covid related reasons in the week before christmas up nearly 60% on the week before. many feel it is impacting on patient care. the staff that are at work will be caring for more patients, trying to do more to cover for their missing colleagues, working extra hours, starting early, finishing late. the pressure will be immense. in the latest infection survey from the 0ns, infections increased across the uk to their highest level on record in the week to christmas eve. in england, one in 25 had the virus. in scotland, wales, and northern ireland it was one in a0. infections doubled
patients, trying to do more to cover for their missing colleagues, working extra hours, starting early, finishing late. the pressure will be immense. in the latest infection survey from the 0ns, infections increased across the uk to their highest level on record in the week to christmas eve. in england, one in 25 had the virus. in scotland, wales, and northern ireland, it was one in a0. infections doubled in a week in london. one in 15 tested positive. but there were big rises too in the north west, yorkshire and the humber and west midlands. other regions weren t far behind. it is now the dominant variant. statisticians say infections are twice the level they were this time last winter in england because they re being fuelled by the more infectious 0micron variant. so across all age groups, we are seeing increases, but particularly driven by those young age groups, we ve seen increases among school age children fairly
affected with about 4% of staff in acute trusts absent for covid related reasons in the week before christmas, up nearly 60% on the week before. many feel it s impacting on patient care. the staff that are at work will be caring for more patients, trying to do more to cover for their missing colleagues, working extra hours, starting early, finishing late. the pressure will be immense. in the latest infection survey from the 0ns, infections increased across the uk to their highest level on record in the week to christmas eve. in england, one in 25 had the virus. in scotland, wales, and northern ireland, it was one in a0. infections doubled in a week in london. one in 15 tested positive. but there were big rises too in the north west, yorkshire and the humber and west midlands. other regions weren t far behind. it is now the dominant variant. statisticians say infections are twice the level they were this time last winter in england because they re