Wales should drop Covid restrictions to pre-Omicron levels, expert urges
"We're now in the same position as we were in the pre-Christmas period, when let's be honest, we saw the autumn internationals," he said.
Prof Watkins, who has advised the UK and Welsh governments, admitted Omicron infections were stretching the NHS, particularly by causing high staff absence levels.Instead isolation rules should be less strict for the triple vaccinated."I mean this is all about being proportionate. Symptomatic disease is one thing, but asymptomatic people who test positive are probably quite a low risk of transmission and are unlikely to place any demand on the healthcare system.
"We're getting millions of cases a week in this country, so it's going to naturally have spread to most sectors of the population where people are susceptible, and so therefore it's going to naturally, if you like, burn out," he said.
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