“We have reached the peak of Omicron, but more deaths will come.” – Vallance

Current wave of Omicron Covid-19 cases may have peaked, government He warned about further increases in hospitalizations and deaths.

Sir Patrick Valence said there are “results” in the very high prevalence in the community.

Meanwhile, Sir Patrick warned that reduced testing could lead to “decreased preventive behavior” and promote viral transmission.

The free universal test will end on Friday in the UK.

Sir Patrick also Science and Technology Committee He hoped that giving people booster jabs every four months was not a “reliable” strategy, and that Britain would fall into the pattern of vaccination every year “as in the case of the flu.”

And he suggested that vaccines are now heavily dependent on the country in the future. Pfizer Or Moderna Covid Jab, or a viral vector Jab created by a scientist Oxford University“Maybe not” is not suitable for an annual vaccine.

Sir Patrick said the virus was “indelible” and that there was a “rugged and bumpy” path before it spread to the population with the threat of a new variant that could be more serious than Omicron.

Asked if he was concerned about recent case rates, he told the MP:

“In fact, at this point, it is very important that the severity achieved for reasons such as vaccines is controlled.

“I think the number of infections is starting to decline, so it’s pretty close to or can reach its peak, and it’s possible that it’s starting to decline soon.

“But because of the delays and further deaths that result, I expect more hospitalizations, which is the result of high levels of infection.”

He added, “It’s not surprising that we’re at the current rate, as behavior is returning to normal.”

When asked about reducing tests, Sir Patrick said: It enables preventative action and helps protect the most vulnerable people.

“I think that significantly reducing population-wide testing is likely to reduce preventive behavior at the same time, which will undoubtedly lead to an increase in infection,” he added.

Sir Patrick goes on to say:

“And it hasn’t stopped evolving, it’s in a period of considerable instability.

“Therefore, the virus is changing very rapidly and there is considerable space for evolution.

“It is not a natural conclusion that evolution to increase growth and transmission is necessarily associated with reduced severity. Therefore, it is a mistake to assume that all evolutions reduce severity.

“There is still no endemicity when we reach a more stable background level, but we are heading for it, but as the virus evolves further, it will become very rugged and bumpy.”

He added: “As we live with Covid’s approach, three things are important. We must be able to detect them.

“Second, given the uncertainty, it’s very important to be able to restart operations as needed. Therefore, make sure things don’t disappear so they can’t actually start. From the beginning. There is also a lesson from the pandemic that a long-standing lack of funding for UK public health services has caused a decline in capacity.

“The third is to make sure that the vulnerability is protected during that period.”

Regarding the future of the vaccine program, he added: “I think we’ll be vaccinated every year for certain parts of the population, as we do for the flu.”

He said he needed a better understanding of which vaccines would be needed and how to predict the type of vaccine, adding: From the ground.

“They were relatively easy to dial up their designs.

“They may be the right people to give an annual vaccine that may not be the case.

“Other technologies, protein adjuvant vaccines, even live attenuated vaccines may need to be considered, because what we need to think about now is that the unreliable ones start. Because it gives a durable response, vaccination of everyone every four months is not the way it works.

“So we have to move on to a wise annual cycle.”

The comments are in the midst of promoting a spring booster jab for those at greatest risk.