🔴 Covid cases are about to hit a new record after daily symptomatic infections reached 348,001 – just a few hundred below the previous high in March
are about to hit a new record after daily symptomatic infections reached 348,001 – just a few hundred below the previous high in March.
They recommend a wide range of measures, from encouraging the public to keep windows open to calling on the Government to invest in air filtration systems in schools. “We clearly need a long-term strategy. It is unsustainable to live with three waves occurring within 6 months, leading to significant impact in terms of long Covid, pressures on the NHS, deaths, and societal disruption.”
“But to stop this cycle happening over and over again, so that we can sustainably live with the Covid, we need the Government to do much more: bring back free testing for people, increase sick pay and encourage those with Covid or symptoms of Covid to stay home. “Leaving vaccines to deal with the pandemic alone simply isn’t working and we need to do more over the longer term to build resilience against such a high level of infections.
“The Government has removed protections like free testing and financial self-isolation support, and little seems to have been done to fundamentally improve things which can help to reduce the impact of Covid in the long run.
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