of the economy and public services. and while omicron may cause less serious illness than delta, a surge in cases would mean at least some extra hospital admissions. one group of modellers has come up with a range of scenarios, depending on what happens with the virus and the ta ke up of boosters. they say in the worst case scenario in england, there could be more than 6,000 hospital admissions a day compared with just under 4,000 at the peak last winter. in the best case, they say it would be around 2,000 admissions a day in england, and all of that assumes that previously announced restrictions haven t been changed. so there are serious challenges for the nhs across the uk. any rise in covid numbers will increase pressure already felt in crowded a&e departments, including this one in edinburgh. the scottish government has urged people to limit social contacts in the run up to christmas. there have been renewed appeals, meanwhile, for volunteers to join the vaccination effort in eng
may cause less serious illness than delta, a surge in cases would mean at least some extra hospital admissions. one group of modellers has come up with a range of scenarios, depending on what happens with the virus and the take up of boosters. they say in the worst case scenario england, there could be more than 6000 hospital admissions a day, compared withjust more than 6000 hospital admissions a day, compared with just under 4000 at the peak last winter. in the best case, they say it would be around 2000 admissions a day in england, and all of that assumes that a previously announced restrictions haven t been changed. so there are serious challenges for the nhs across the uk. any rise in at covid numbers will increase pressure already felt uncrowded a&e departments, including this one in edinburgh. the scottish government has urged people to limit social contacts in the run up to christmas. already, some hospitality venues report that customers are voting with their feet and cancelli
let s speak now with callum semple, professor of outbreak medicine at the university of liverpool. good to see you, as ever. good morning- good to see you, as ever. good morning- do good to see you, as ever. good morning. do you good to see you, as ever. good morning. do you think - good to see you, as ever. good morning. do you think that - good to see you, as ever. good l morning. do you think that using lateral flow morning. do you think that using lateral flow test morning. do you think that using lateral flow test in morning. do you think that using lateral flow test in this morning. do you think that using lateral flow test in this way - morning. do you think that using lateral flow test in this way as i morning. do you think that using lateral flow test in this way as a l lateral flow test in this way as a proportionate response in the right response, the right balance of dealing with the risk while allowing people to carry on with their lives? yes, forgive me, i n
thirdly, you can see in the documents from the scientific advisers and the modellers, they are talking about the potential need for more stringent measures to control the virus. they don t spell out what those measures could be. but it is something that scientists are talking about more and more. however, it is not something that ministers have discussed or thought about at the moment. i just wonder if the volume on that will get turned up as the number of cases of the omicron variant shoot up in the next few days. extra support has been promised to speed up the vaccine drive in scotland, wales and northern ireland. like england, scotland is aiming to offer all adults a booster by the end of the year while wales has set a target for the end of januray. in northern ireland, people over the age of 30 are currently being offered third doses, with plans to
never have abandoned the wearing of masks in the first place. and for all of that reasons, - we were calling for plan b sooner than the prime minister brought it into place in terms of things to look out for over the next few days, there are a few. logistical problems with the vaccine roll out, delivering i million jabs a day, vaccine roll out, delivering i millionjabs a day, further tells more than the record breaking day so far, already you can see big queues outside walk in centres all over the country. also, there will be a knock on cost to the nhs of appointments and operations, and procedures being cancelled, as the nhs swings round to focus on the vaccine programme. how does that start to feel in the next few days? thirdly, you can see in the documents from the scientific advisers and the modellers, they are talking about the potential need for more stringent measures to control the virus. they don t spell out what