let s get more on hospital trusts in england declaring critical incidents the highest state of alert as the nhs comes under significant strain from rising covid infections. dr leon danon is associate professor in infectious disease modelling and data analytics at bristol university, and is a member of the goverment s advisory disease modelling group spi m. speaking to us in a personal capacity he said daily cases of over 200,000 yesterday are likely to be an underestimate and represent a real cause for concern . it is still growing, i don t think there is any evidence of it slowing down anywhere in the countryjust yet, so the only way the numbers are going to go is up. we need to remember that we haven t yet seen the peak of this epidemic due to the fact that people are no longer able to get covid at all, so that means
dr leon danon is associate professor in infectious disease modelling and data analytics at bristol university, and is a member of the goverment s advisory disease modelling group spi m and he s speaking to us in a personal capacity. what do you think of this latest idea to treat lateral flow tests as good as pcrs? it idea to treat lateral flow tests as good as pcrs? good as pcrs? it is a reasonable idea, good as pcrs? it is a reasonable idea. lateral good as pcrs? it is a reasonable idea, lateral flow good as pcrs? it is a reasonable idea, lateral flow tests - good as pcrs? it is a reasonable idea, lateral flow tests are - good as pcrs? it is a reasonable idea, lateral flow tests are well. idea, lateral flow tests are well accepted in the community, lots of people are taking them and they also show when people are most infectious stop pcr tests, there is some delay in those, they are obviously more sensitive. there has been quite a of debate about what a pcr test towards the end