“All of this is a reminder that Covid hasn’t gone away. We don’t want people to panic, we want people to start thinking about arranging their vaccine if they’re eligible'
Covid cases - and hospitalisations - are on the rise earlier than expected this year, according to one of Greater Manchester's leading GPs.
Dr Helen Wall, the region's lead for vaccination and immunisation, has told the M.E.N. about the latest updates when looking at coronavirus: “From a GP perspective, Covid-19 is presenting with almost any kind of symptom. We are seeing a surge in Covid cases but we’re not testing for Covid in the community.
“If people are testing themselves, it requires them to put their result into the national system. GPs get notified when someone in their area reports a positive test, but we haven’t been getting any of these so we’re only really getting data from those hospital tests to work from." “It's been a while since people have been vaccinated, people will be mixing more because it’s festival season, summer has lots of events with big crowds. We saw a spike after similarly large events like the Queen’s jubilee, the King’s coronation.“At the moment, we’re just a little bit ahead of where we were this time last year. We’re on a bit of an upward trajectory now. It’s by no means massive – but there is certainly growth of Covid, and if that is to continue, it would be a concern.
"We don’t want people to panic, we want people to start thinking about arranging their vaccine if they’re eligible. The bulk of our vaccination programme starts in October for flu and Covid. We know who is going to be offered the vaccine – everyone over the age of 65 and those under 65 at clinical risk.
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