restrictions was a week ago, on boxing day. the number of patients in hospital with covid i9 has increased by about 70% in a week, according to nhs providers. they say it s too early to know how this wave will play out. if the evidence shows that we are getting very significant numbers of people coming into hospital with covid, then the government needs to be ready to introduce further restrictions at pace. what we re trying to balance this against is the fact that the vaccines have changed the rules of the game. with most days now bringing record numbers of infections, as the virus spreads rapidly amongst us, the health secretary in england has warned of a big increase in hospitalisations this month, which is likely to test the limits of the nhs. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. earlier i spoke to saad 0mer, who s director at the yale institute for global health. i asked what lessons we should have learned to help us to tackle the pandemic in 2022.
in a week according to nhs providers. they say it is too early to know how this wave will play out. if the evidence shows that we are getting very significant numbers of people coming into hospital with covid, then the government needs to be ready to introduce further restrictions at pace. what we are trying to balance this against is the fact that the vaccines have changed the rules of the game. with most days now bringing record numbers of infections and the virus spreading rapidly amongst us, the health secretary in england has warned of a big increase in hospitalisations this month, which is likely to test the limits of the nhs. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. earlier i spoke to saad 0mer, who s director at the yale institute for global health. i asked what lessons we should have learned to help us to tackle the pandemic in 2022. first of all, the good news is that we
this wave will play out. if the evidence shows that we are getting very significant numbers of people coming into hospital with covid, then the government needs to be ready to introduce further restrictions at pace. what we re trying to balance this against is the fact that the vaccines have changed the rules of the game. with most days now bringing record numbers of infections, as the virus spreads rapidly amongst us, the health secretary in england has warned of a big increase in hospitalisations this month, which is likely to test the limits of the nhs. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. we can now speak to saad 0mer who s director at the yale institute for global health. it is 2022 and many people were hoping for a better year in terms of covid than last year. what lessons should we take into 2022 from the previous year? a few lessons. first of all, the good news is that we have effective tools that have been battle tested over the
according to nhs providers. they say it s too early to know how this wave will play out. if the evidence shows that we are getting very significant numbers of people coming into hospital with covid, then the government needs to be ready to introduce further restrictions at pace. what we re trying to balance this against is the fact that the vaccines have changed the rules of the game. with most days now bringing record numbers of infections, as the virus spreads rapidly amongst us, the health secretary in england has warned of a big increase in hospitalisations this month, which is likely to test the limits of the nhs. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. earlier i spoke to saad 0mer, who s director at the yale institute for global health.i asked what lessons we should have learned to help us to tackle the pandemic in 2022.
30% drop in the number of new cases during the week ending on december 25. we re joined from hartford, connecticut by professor saad 0mer, director of the yale institute for global health. what does this status say, as cases in south africa are definitely falling.- cases in south africa are definitely falling. they are, so we know definitely falling. they are, so we know the definitely falling. they are, so we know the date is - high quality quality and reliable and they have been interpreted by very seasoned south african scientists. i think this decline is real. how have they think this decline is real. how have they gone think this decline is real. how have they gone about - think this decline is real. how have they gone about doing this? i take lockdown seriously in south africa, measures seem to have worked. but how have they gone about lowering these cases? fix, they gone about lowering these cases? , ., they gone about lowering these cases? ~ , ., , , cases? a couple