Professor Mike Tildesley says “we’re a long way away” from thinking about a winter lockdown, but explains that more COVID restrictions could be discussed if the NHS comes under “severe pressure”. KayBurley:
"If we all come together and play our part, we can get through this challenging winter, avoid a return to restrictions and enjoy Christmas.""There is no doubt that the NHS is running hot and there are some very real pressures on health and social care," she said.than we saw this time last year. We also had a record number of A&E attendance and a record number of 999 calls," she added.
"As we look into winter, I think we're very clear this is going to be a difficult winter, and the things we encourage people to do is anything they can do to protect themselves, so that's the COVID-19 vaccine, it's the flu vaccination in particular."More than a half a million adults have come forward for a first dose since the beginning of September, an average of around 9,000 a day over the past four-and-a-half months, according to the NHS.
A woman getting her second dose of the Pfizer jab at a southwest London vaccination centre told Sky News:"I've heard reports of people who had boosters and still got COVID-19 so [I'm] not really sure that it's really necessary - if my body needs to cope it will do well with two doses." Some scientists say that this is down to the lack of clarity from authorities on how much of a threat COVID-19 still is.
"I think this is a very confusing public health message from the government," said Dr Chaand Nagpaul, chair of the BMA Council.
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