Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has urged the government to follow Wales and bring forward the date on which fully vaccinated adults in England will no longer have to self-isolate if they get pinged. Latest on COVID19:
The estimated prevalence of one in 65 in England is up from the one in 75 reported for the previous week.
Sky's science correspondent Thomas Moore noted that the government's official dashboard shows the number of tests being done in the UK fell by 14.4% in the week leading up to 24 July. Professor Stephen Reicher from the University of St Andrews noted that data from the ZOE app, which uses analysis provided by King's College London, suggests that infections haven't fallen and remain at about 60,000 per day.Prime Minister Boris Johnson has lifted the last COVID restrictions in England in spite of the pre-dominance of the highly-transmissible Delta variant which concerns scientists globally.
Cases rose steeply in the run-up to the end of legal coronavirus restrictions in England on 19 July, and Health Secretary Sajid Javid said cases could hit 100,000 a day after the unlocking.The average number of new infections in the UK has fallen over the past week, which might suggest the third wave of coronavirus has peaked.Zoe app data, based on reported symptoms, suggest that cases haven't fallen and remain at about 60k per day.
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