read list countries, ten countries in africa including south africa, the president very annoyed there that they ve essentially been placed on this red list in britain and many other countries where they have to quarantine in a hotel and isolate until they are allowed to leave. charlotte, thank you. let s get more from mike tildesley, who s a professor of infectious disease modelling at the university of warwick, and a member of the scientific pandemic influenza group on modelling which advises the government. he s speaking to us in a personal capacity today. it s good to see you, thanks for being with us. the health secretary said in the news briefing a few minutes ago that at the moment, there were 22 cases of the omicron variant across the uk. he said he expects that number to rise, i m sure you probably do too. what kind of a figure are we looking at potentially by the time we get to
the summer and in the early autumn? i also spoke tojohn edmunds, who s the professor of infectious disease modelling at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine he s also a member of the spi m modelling group of scientists, which advises the government. he said it s still hard to say exactly what the situation will be at christmas. still very high rates of infection in children and that is over spilling into the rest of the community but it is likely to start to come down at some point, you know, in the. well, it is likely to come down at some point. then, of course, the other big dynamic what s going on with immunity in older individuals, which is mostly vaccine derived, and that has been declining, that s where the booster doses come in, in order to boost that immunity. the quicker we can get round to doing that, the better. it is all a little bit of a race between waning immunity in older
i m joined now byjohn edmunds, professor of infectious disease modelling at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine he s also a member of the spi m modelling group of scientists, which advises the government. what is your take on the action that is being taken in austria? thea;r what is your take on the action that is being taken in austria? they have had a very rapid is being taken in austria? they have had a very rapid increase is being taken in austria? they have had a very rapid increase of- is being taken in austria? they have had a very rapid increase of cases i had a very rapid increase of cases so they do have high incidence at the moment so clearly they have had to take some action. the moment so clearly they have had to take some action. when we look at the difference to take some action. when we look at the difference in to take some action. when we look at the difference in the to take some action. when we look at the difference in the trends to ta
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