These are the British coronavirus stories you should know this week.
Tribute to Wales GP
Tribute paid to GP Dr. David Wood From Westshore Surgery in Llandudno, he recently died after testing positive for COVID-19.
The 74-year-old was diagnosed with cancer in December, but continued to work until the blockade in March.
In 2012, Dr. Wood was awarded an MBE for education and training in general practice and service to the North Wales community.
Dr. Mike Bloom, a friend and colleague, Daily posts : “He had a good reputation as a GP. His patients really loved him and he had a lot of compassion and understanding for them.
“He was an experienced doctor who kept everything up to date and was very supportive. He is a big loss.”
Mourning: Medical personnel who died of COVID-19.
Elementary school “no more dangerous than home”
Public Health Preliminary results from a new study in England indicate that kindergarteners are less dangerous to go to school than they are at home.
In June and July, of the 12,026 tested in the test, only 3 were positive for children and 2 staff. COVID-19 School Children Monitoring (SKIDs) Research.
Detected antibody levels are similar in both staff and students, with children and staff who attend school frequently can be more antibody positive than those who were or weren’t attending school. It was very good.
Secondary schools and colleges were not included in the survey.
Dr. Shamez Ladhani, a PHE consultant epidemiologist, said: “These results are preliminary, but should be very reassuring to parents who may be concerned about their child returning to school.
“As discovered in previous studies, infections in educational settings are very low and children appear to be infected with COVID-19, but the vast majority do not experience mild or symptomatic and are contagious It’s unlikely.”
Public health concerns
Published by more than 100 health groups including the Public Health Council, School of Public Health, Royal Society of Public Health, Royal Academy of Medicine Academy, BMA Joint statement Raise concerns about Abolition of public health England.
“Reorganization causes fragmentation between various risk factors and between health protection and improvement. Organizational changes can be difficult and, in the best case, damaging, and these are the best No, a seamless transition from the current system to the new system is essential.” Statement released BMJ The above.
Test and trace
The British test and trace program Updated weekly Between August 20 and 26, positive tests showed a 6% increase, against a 1% decrease in those tested.
Of those who were transferred for contact tracking, 81.4% were asked to provide information about their contacts, compared to 75.2% last week.
Of these close contacts, 69.4% reached and were asked to quarantine themselves.
Three or more of the five uncomplicated contacts were from the same household as they were identified.
Meanwhile, BMA responded To report Of people who are sent long distances for testing.
“It’s ridiculous for people to be tested far from home,” said Peter English, chairman of the Public Health Medical Commission. “In some cases, this means driving for 3 hours and back. This is completely inappropriate at best, not to mention those who may have COVID-19 symptoms. It’s expensive to travel a distance, and there’s no access to cars.”
Britain’s health minister Matt Hancock said testing focused on areas of higher incidence.
ONS infection survey
Latest results from National Statistics Infections Survey Between August 19 and 25, approximately 27,100 of the UK community’s population showed COVID-19. This is equivalent to 1 in 2000.
There are about 0.36 new COVID-19 infections per 10,000 people per day, which is equivalent to about 2000 new cases per day.
Heather Bovill of ONS commented: “For another week, people in the community are currently infected with COVID-19 and the level of infection remains flat. Analyzing blood samples from a section of participants shows that Approximately one in seventeen has the COVID-19 antibody, so at some point it may be infected by the virus.”
latest UK-wide data Against the backdrop of increased testing, we show that daily cases continue to grow. However, hospitalization and deaths are almost flat.
R number
British R number It remains at 0.9 to 1.1 and the growth rate is -1% to +2%/day.
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The R for the whole UK is 0.9 to 1.0, but it is higher in London (0.9 to 1.1) and southwest (0.8 to 1.1).
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R in Northern Ireland 1.1 ~ 1.6
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R in Scotland 0.9-1.4
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R in Wales 0.5-0.9
New test technology
British Government Fund Announced Extended trial of the 20-minute COVID-19 test as part of a £500 million package. With test pilots across the existing community of Southampton [elsewhere in] Hampshire will be expanded.
A new saliva test at Salford will explore the benefits of repeated population testing.
Baroness Dedharding, interim executive chairman of the National Institutes of Health, said: “
ONS data on home death
Latest data from National Bureau of Statistics (ONS) shows that non-COVID-19 deaths at home were above the 5-year average level. However, since the week until 26 July, non-COVID-19 fatalities have fallen below average levels in hospitals.
ONS comments: For older deaths, individuals may choose to die at home rather than being hospitalized. “
Steroid growth evidence
Administering steroids to critically ill people at COVID-19 seems to be beneficial and may be life-saving for some, a new meta-analysis and multiple related studies suggest ..
Severe patients who received systemic corticosteroids, for example, have a 34% chance of dying in 28 days compared to other patients who received normal care or placebo in a prospective meta-analysis of seven randomized controlled trials. It has become low.
Meta-analysis Published online JAMA And that who We have also issued COVID-19 lifestyle guidance on corticosteroids.
Lead author Jonathan Stern of the University of Bristol stressed the importance of positive data from UK recovery trials. “The signal seen in this trial has discontinued most ongoing trials of corticosteroids.”
COVID-19 and pregnancy
Pregnant women with COVID-19 are less likely to show major symptoms of infection with SARS-CoV-2 than non-pregnant women of similar age, according to a study published in BMJ..
However, the study Officials at the University of Birmingham have discovered that the risk of admission to the hospital’s intensive care unit may be higher.
Premature birth We also found that pregnant women with COVID-19 had a higher rate than unaffected pregnant women.
Preexisting comorbidities have been noted as an important additional risk factor for severe COVID-19.
Number of suicides
Charity fact confirmation Full facts Raised England’s Secretary of Health Matt Hancock for his claims In commons Declining suicide rates during the pandemic: “Some cautious positive news released today by the National Bureau of Statistics suggests that the number of suicides at the peak of the pandemic was 10.3 to 100,000 per 100,000. It shows a decrease to 6.9 per person.”
The full fact replied: “This is not true. These numbers show registered deaths during this period and no deaths have occurred. Most of these suicides occurred before 2020. It happened. The ONS said the decline in registration was probably the service of coroners due to the effects of the pandemic.”
Travel restrictions
Scotland And Wales this week introduced separate quarantine restrictions for travelers than for Britain and Northern Ireland.
Those returning to Scotland can spend 14 days in their own life if they have been to Greece. In Wales, it only applies to certain Greek islands.
Portugal was removed from the UK-wide quarantine list on August 22nd. Returned to the Wales and Scotland listings.
Scotland Attorney General Humza Yousaf said, “In the midst of a global pandemic, the situation in many countries can change abruptly, so people spend very much of their lives before tackling non-essential overseas travel. You should think hard.”
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