These are the stories of the British coronavirus that you need to know today.
Whitty Warning
“We have to be very clear that we are at the worst of the epidemic for the UK right now,” the government’s chief medical adviser, Chris Whitti, told the BBC this morning. He said the NHS is facing a “dangerous time.”
South End Hospital’s oxygen supply has “reached a crisis”, BBC report. The target range for blood oxygen levels has been reduced from 92% to 88-92% baseline to maintain supply.
During the weekend, there were some calls for a stricter blockade in Britain.
“In a way, tinkering with the rules may be useful, but much more important is to keep the spirit of the rules that are currently there,” Whitty said.
Vaccine Minister Nadhim Zahawi said Sky News: “This is a strict blockade, so I don’t want to be stricter.”
“If we have to tighten the rules, we will always review them,” said Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Mass vaccination begins
Johnson said today that more than 2.4 million people have been vaccinated with COVID-19 and 40% of those aged 80 are vaccinated. He has set a goal of 15 million people in four top priority groups to be protected by mid-February.
The UK vaccine delivery plan Release Check the priority list today.
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Elderly Housing with Care Residents and Caregivers
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80s and over
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Frontline medical and social care workers
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75 years and over
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70s and over
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Clinically very vulnerable individuals
In a statement, England’s Minister of Health Matt Hancock said: “The next few months will provide an important opportunity to change the course of the fight against COVID.”
The UK Mass Immunization Center was opened today for healthcare professionals and people over the age of 80.
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Excel Center, London
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Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
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Epsom Racecourse, Sally
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Newcastle upon Tyne Life Center
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Etihad Tennis Club, Manchester
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Robertson House, Stevenage
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Millennium Point, Birmingham
People over the age of 80 who live within a 45-minute drive from one of the seven mass vaccination centers in the United Kingdom will receive an invitation today. The center operates in parallel with vaccination services for general practitioners and hospitals.
The NHS England said patients can choose the appointment that best suits them if the appointment has already been provided by the GP.
Wales has also launched a vaccination strategy targeting up to 2.5 million people today.
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By mid-February – Residents and staff of all care facilities. Frontline health and social care staff. Vaccinations are provided to all people over the age of 70 and to all who are clinically very vulnerable.
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By Spring – Vaccination will be available to all other Phase 1 priority groups. This is everyone over the age of 50 and anyone at risk due to their underlying health.
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By Fall – All other eligible adults in Wales will be vaccinated.
Plans range from mass vaccination centers to mobile units, GPs and pharmacies.
“This is the largest vaccination program Wales has ever seen, and the NHS is working very hard to deliver the vaccine safely and quickly to as many people as possible,” said program leader Dr. Gillian Richardson. We are working on it. “
Scotland has more than 1100 vaccination sites, including more than 750 general practitioners.
Immunization of caregivers began today in Northern Ireland and the program is promised to be expanded in the coming weeks. Vaccination of the wider population will begin this week with a general practitioner’s practice.
Among the celebrities who picked up the jab over the weekend were the 94-year-old Queen and the 99-year-old Duke of Edinburgh. The jab was given by a royal doctor at Windsor Castle. This was a rare announcement allegedly made to prevent inaccuracies and speculation. The palace did not say which brand of vaccine was given.
Mortality milestone
UK deaths within 28 days of a positive test passed 80,000 milestones over the weekend. Yesterday they stood at 81,431.
The deaths listed on the COVID-19 death certificate were updated weekly, with 82,624 deaths last week.
As the case rate of COVID-19 rises, the bodies are kept in a temporary morgue in Sally’s Headley Court after the county hospital’s morgue reaches capacity.
The morgue in Sally’s hospital has a capacity of 600, and the temporary unit can accommodate an additional 800.
Mass test
In the UK, rapid lateral flow testing is becoming more widely available for asymptomatic people who cannot work from home.
About one-third of people who test positive are asymptomatic.
Vicky Head, Director of Public Health, Milton Keynes, said: “Frontline key worker pilots aim to prevent infection by identifying people who are positive for COVID-19 without showing typical symptoms. This will reduce the number of COVIDs. Can 19 cases, limit the number of people who can be very ill and protect the NHS. “
Dr. Tom Wingfield, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Physician at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, commented through the Science Media Center: “Here in Liverpool, such mass testing appeared to be acceptable and reasonably accepted. It was tested and identified 900 COVID-19 cases, but as a result of Liverpool’s mass testing strategy. The interim report suggested that the test overlooked 60% of COVID-19 cases, suggesting that there was no clear evidence that the strategy independently led to a reduction. The number of local cases and hospitalizations. “
The Ministry of Health said: “The lateral flow test used by the UK Government has been rigorously evaluated by leading national scientists, which allows it to successfully identify patients with COVID-19 who are accurate, reliable and asymptomatic. Means. You may pass the virus unknowingly. “
Convalescent plasma
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) states that convalescent plasma donation is still needed, despite a shift in the focus of clinical trials.
An international REMAP-CAP trial suspended enrollment of intensive care patients after initial results did not benefit this group.
RECOVERY trial suspended recruitment of patients in need of invasiveness Mechanical ventilation Or extracorporeal oxygenation.
Peter Hobby, a professor of emerging infectious diseases at Oxford University and a senior researcher at RECOVERY, said: “It is not yet known if convalescent plasma will serve as a treatment for COVID patients, but if it does, it will have significant implications worldwide.”
More than 800 people receive plasma during the study each week.
Dr. Gail Miflin of NHS BTCMO said in a statement: “There is an urgent need to continue donating thousands of units of plasma each week for larger RECOVERY trials that use plasma from the time people are hospitalized.
“Antibodies work by stopping the virus, not by treating symptoms. New evidence from international studies proves that it is more effective to use before intensive care. It means that it may be done. “
Online risk tool
The· British Coronavirus Clinical Characteristics Consortium (ISARIC4C) has developed a new risk stratification tool to predict the likelihood of exacerbations in adults hospitalized with COVID-19.
Online resources calculate a 4C degradation score by assessing 11 measurements regularly collected from patients, such as age, gender, oxygen levels, and standard laboratory tests.
The data behind the tool comes from the records of 74,944 COVID-19 inpatients admitted to 260 hospitals in England, Scotland and Wales. Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
The DOI will be 10.1016 / S2213-2600 (20) 30559-2.
Nasal spray test
Clinical trials of nasal drops to help protect against coronavirus begin today at the NHS Foundation Trust at Ashford Hospital and St. Peter’s Hospital in Sally.
SaNOtize Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray (NONS) is said to have killed 99.9% of the coronavirus in clinical tests. Phase 2 trials are already underway in Canada.
Nitric oxide blocks the ACE-2 receptor that the virus uses to infect cells.
At the company news release, Pankai Sharma, a professor of neurology at the Royal Holloway at the University of London and director of the Cardiovascular Institute, said: “The fact that a relatively simple and simple nasal spray can be an effective cure is welcome news and brings us great progress. A therapeutic weapon for this catastrophic disease. Warehouse. “
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