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cases continue to rise, though, and switching health secretaries in a pandemic is farfrom ideal, even if it s a return to government for a familiarface. my first visit to a hospital on the job. yes, absolutely. congratulations. sajid javid has already been the home secretary and the chancellor. now as health secretary, he s also giving heavy hints that ministers are on course to lift the remaining restrictions in england in three weeks. congratulations, nice to meet you. we see no reason to go beyond the 19th ofjuly because, in truth, no date we choose comes with zero risk for covid. for me, 19thjuly is not only the end of the line, but the start of an exciting newjourney. but a new face doesn t mean everything about mr hancock s departure is ancient history. how was his aide, gina coladangelo, appointed to the board of the department of health? when did their relationship start, and did he sometimes do government
but if we look at the period from may this year, although cases have risen sharply to around 15,000 per day, hospital admissions have not followed that same upward trend, rising to just over 200 patients a day. and the chances of dying from covid have fallen dramatically. at the peak injanuary, it s estimated that one in every 60 infections caused a death. now, it s fewer than one in every 1000. and it s the huge success of covid vaccines which has prompted some scientists to back the lifting of restrictions in three weeks. thejuly date is good because schools will be closing for the summer, we ll be going into the summer holidays and transmission potential will be somewhat less than it would be, say, in the autumn or the winter. and also, we re pretty close to getting the vast majority of our population, adult population, immunised.