UK Covid live: Van Tam tells public ‘do not shipwreck’ amid rising case rate signs in some areas | Politics

These figures were reported by PA Media:

Number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in England it stood at 11,781 as of 8m on February 26, according to the latest figures from NHS England.

This is a week-on-week drop of 22% from the 15,018 coronavirus patients hospitalized in England on February 19 and the lowest since November 8 when it was 11,680.

All districts continue to see a weekly drop in the number of Covid-19 patients.

The numbers are: 2,253 London patients (down 26% week on week); Mediterranean 2,648 patients (down 17%); northwest England 1,724 patients (down 22%); North East England / Yorkshire 1,800 patients (down 18%); south-east England 1,548 patients (down 24%); East of England 1,239 patients (down 19%); and south-west England 569 patients (down 31%).

At the press conference, Matt Hancock also said:

We are looking at a system of NHS reserves and the idea is that you have people who are committed to supporting the NHS through voluntary activity, who have the training, for example, and who on a special asylum program. We’re piloting that right now but that’s just the kind of thing that might be asking the army to do jabs in the future in a broader sense because we’ve seen the incredible support which volunteers can give to the NHS when there is a lot of work to do.

In a separate category, Professor Van-Tam ONS data said restaurant and catering managers were at the highest risk of death, followed by professions including metalworkers and machine workers, chefs and taxi drivers.

Jonathan Van-Tam He was also asked if he would be “comfortable” with the “eat out to help out” scheme returning in the spring or summer.

He replied that when people eat together, “in fact, there seems to be some transmission”.

However, he said, “who will pay the bill, or how much of the bill you have to pay yourself” was a question for politicians.

In the media question section, Charlotte Ivers at Talk Radio asked about vaccine passports and whether they would ever be needed for pubs or football fields.

Hancock said there would be some areas where certification would be required, for example if another country said that vaccination had to be done before they entered.

The broader questions were asked in a study led by Michael Gove, he said, adding that he could not be more specific at this time. “It’s right that we take our time to think about this,” he said.

Hancock the press conference concludes with “we all have this” and “everyone must abide by the rules”, as it warns “we are not there yet”.

Jim Scott from the Northern Echo asks why some people in the north still have to travel long distances to get the dose, and if this is an indication the vaccination strategy has been designed for the south.

Hancock states that the vaccination program has been “uniform and fair across the UK”, saying: “provision has been lower across the whole of the UK in the past week. You would have seen in the last 48 hours that it has picked up again … until the supply comes back up. We all know it’s bumpy and coming up and down … we’re going to get a big chunk in March. ”

“The good news is that these challenges are facing the whole of the UK.”

Jonathan Reilly from the Sun asks if masks are necessary for school children as young as five to wear (citing reports), to which Dr. Susan Hopkins states: “the consensus view is not to advise primary-aged children to wear face-covering”, given the practical difficulties involved, as well as the importance of ‘ in that they can see facial expressions to help develop their language and communication skills.

Liz Bates at C4 asks about the plans for local locks how to make easy loops:

Hancock He said: “The regional disparities are smaller than we saw in the autumn. We won’t manage to take local action in a particular area if we see a spike … but the goal is for us all to come out together. What I want to emphasize is that this data shows how important it is that we all adhere to it. ”

Dr Susan Hopkins, senior medical consultant at Public Health England, says they believe some of the difference in infection rates is related to different types of jobs between areas.

The BBC’s Hugh Pym wants a response from teachers who argue that they should be given priority from vaccination to “help reduce absenteeism and disorder in classes”.

The government has looked at these various issues, including the prioritization of jobs, Hancock says. “But the overall vision we came to was the right thing to do, the moral thing to do, make sure we save the most lives and the JCVI looked at the clinical evidence and so quickly, operationally and efficiently. we can kick everyone. ”

Hancock now raising questions from the media.

Jonathan Van Tam says that with around 40m doses of vaccine still to be given in the UK, “there is still a long way to go,” saying his inbox has been under siege by people writing his -in with people saying I got vaccinated and basically can I start breaking the rules ”.

The answer to that, he says, is because the country is not yet “in the right place”.

There are some worrying signs that people are taking their foot off the fracture at the wrong time, he said, forcing people not to “damage this”.

“It’s just like being up 3-0 in a game and thinking: ‘we can’t lose this now’. But how many times have you seen the other side take it 4-3. Do not do this now, it is too early to rest. ”