This week we made a 130 mile round trip and paid £240 for Covid-19 vaccines. My husband is immunosuppressed due to cancer treatment but his family are not included in the NHS spring booster. The riskiest activities for us are schools & hospitals. Where is public health in the UK?

SARS-CoV-2 Variant KP.2* in England

In Week 16, KP.2* accounted for 25.8% of all SARS-CoV-2 samples sequenced in England

(the data for Week 17 is incomplete)

(covSPECTRUM data & charts)

'Hundreds of patients died after catching COVID in Victorian hospitals'

'Almost one in 10 patients who caught COVID in hospital died. 6,212 patients caught COVID in hospital in 24 months. Of those, 586 died'

h/t@Hayley_Gleeson

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Jess When is World Respiratory Hygiene Day?

Covid in England

'Weekly Covid Care Home Outbreaks in England, as confirmed by the UKHSA Health Protection Team'

In Week 17, 29 ARI Incidents were reported from care homes, of which 14 were laboratory confirmed Outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2

(UKHSA data, chart Gwladwr)

Covid Hospital Admissions in England
Week 17 (ending 28 April 2024)

'Weekly hospital admission rate by age group for new COVID-19 positive cases reported through SARI Watch mandatory surveillance'

(UKHSA data & charts)

Covid in England

'Weekly indicators show Covid-19 activity has increased'

(UKHSA data)

Covid in Northern Ireland

'Weekly number of COVID-19 community acquired emergency admissions, by epidemiological week'

'The 0-9 year-old age group had the majority of community acquired emergency COVID-19 hospital admissions in week 17 (33.3%).'

(HSC PHA NI data & chart)

Covid in Scotland

'Seven day average trend in wastewater COVID-19, week ending 18 April 2024'

An increase on the level (6.26 Mgc/p/d) published for the week ending 11 April 2024.

(PHS data & charts)

Major Toronto hospitals are dropping mandatory masking in several units including ER. Requests of staff to mask will be respected. Those that mask will be respected. This reflects the Toronto Region Hospital Operations Table. Personally - I will still mask.

'This change is in…

Covid in Wales

'Rolling seven-day sum of community-acquired Covid-19 case admissions to hospital in Wales'

(PHW data & chart to 30 April 24)

Nosocomial Covid in Wales

'Number of inpatient Covid-19 cases in hospital in Wales'

On 28 April 2024, at least 77% of inpatient Covid cases were the result of hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection...

(PHW data)

⚠️ Please do not come to Morriston Hospital’s Emergency Department (A&E) unless absolutely necessary as it is extremely busy. Please use alternatives as these are likely to be quicker. More sbuhb.nhs.wales/urgentout-of-h…