Large numbers of COVID patients ending up in hospital is a 'nailed on prospect' as the Omicron variant spreads across the country, England's chief medical officer has warned
Large numbers of COVID patients ending up in hospital is a"nailed on prospect" as the Omicron variant spreads at an"absolutely phenomenal pace" across the country, England's chief medical officer has warned.
"The exact ratios we don't yet know, but there will be substantial numbers and that will begin to become apparent, in my view, fairly soon after Christmas. "The principal one being the speed at which this is moving," Prof Whitty said."It is moving at an absolutely phenomenal pace." "The rise that you're seeing in the UK today is just the beginning of an extraordinary acceleration," he said.
"We have enough information in the World Health Organisation to indicate very clearly that this spreads super fast with a doubling time of numbers of cases every two to three days."The 78,610 COVID cases recorded in the UK on Wednesday was over 10,000 more than the previous daily record of 68,053 infections, which was reported on 8 January this year.
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