regulates healthcare products are issuing new guidance on pulse oxygen meters, also known as oximeters, after it was found that the devices can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin. with more, here s our health correspondent, amara sophia elahi. ranjit senghera marwaha caught coronavirus in december last year and eventually ended up in hospital with seriously low oxygen levels. so basically, flip the lid, put yourfinger in. she had been monitoring her levels at home with a pulse oximeter, but the meter consistently told her she was in safe levels, even as she increasingly struggled to breathe. when i went into hospital, the first thing they said was, you really did leave it too late . had you left it any longer, i would have been straight into icu. there is growing evidence that such monitors can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin tones by 2%. that s led to nhs england and the body that regulates
nhs england and the body that regulates healthcare products are issuing new guidance on pulse oxygen meters, also known as 0ximeters, after it was found that the devices can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin. with more here s our health correspondent, amara sophia elahi. ranjit senghera marwaha caught coronavirus in december last year and eventually ended up in hospital with seriously low oxygen levels. so basically, flip the lid, put yourfinger in. she d been monitoring her levels at home with a pulse oximeter, but the meter consistently told her she was in safe levels, even as she increasingly struggled to breathe. when i went into hospital, the first thing they said was you really did leave it too late . had you left it any longer, i would have been straight into icu. there is growing evidence that such monitors can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin tones by 2%. that s led to nhs england
people to have both jabs to enter nightclubs and other large indoor venues from september. but it s now thought that the idea of introducing vaccine passports on university campuses has been shelved. nhs england and the body that regulates healthcare products are issuing new guidance on pulse oxygen meters also known as oximeters after it was found that the devices can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin. with more, here s amara sophia elahi. ranjit senghera marwaha caught coronavirus in december last year and eventually ended up in hospital with seriously low oxygen levels. so, basically, flip the lid, put yourfinger in. she had been monitoring her levels at home with a pulse oximeter, but the meter consistently told her she was in safe levels even as she increasingly struggled to breathe. when i went into hospital, the first thing they said was, you really did leave it too late. had you left it any longer,
nhs england and the body that regulates healthcare products are issuing new guidance on pulse oxygen meters also known as 0ximeters after it was found that the devices can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin. with more here s our health correspondent, amara sophia elahi. this women caught coronavirus in december last year and eventually ended up in hospital with seriously low oxygen levels. so, basically, you flip the lid, put yourfinger in. she had been monitoring her levels at home with the pulse oximeter, but the meter consistently told her she was in safe levels. even as she increasingly struggled to breathe. when i went into hospital, the first thing they said was you really did leave it too late. had you left it any longer, iwould have been straight into icu. there is growing evidence that such monitors can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin tones by 2%. that has led to nhs england
commission has warned employers that rules requiring workers to be fully vaccinated must not be disproportionate or discriminatory. in america, walt disney has become the latest company, after facebook and google, to tell employees they ll have to have both jabs before returning to work. some businesses in the uk are following suit. back in the uk, the latest government figures show there were just over 26,000 new cases in the latest 24 hour period, meaning an average of 27,464 new cases per day in the past seven days. 71 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, that s an average of 70 deaths a day in the past week. the latest figure for the number of people in hospital with covid is just below 6,000 it hasn t been updated from yesterday. more than 88% of uk adults have now had theirfirstjab and more than 72% are now fully vaccinated. nhs england and the body that regulates health care products are issuing new guidance on pulse oxygen meters also