'Major incident' declared in Doncaster as Covid rate hits highest since pandemic began
Director of Public Health Dr Rupert Suckling said: "The transmission of Covid-19 in Doncaster is currently soaring and these are rates we have not seen anything like at any other point in the pandemic.
"We do not see this pattern changing in the immediate future, for example we will not see the impact of schools going back in our data for a couple more weeks so that is something we will be keeping a close eye on. "It does appear that the Omicron variant is less severe, and we are seeing fewer people in ITU than in previous waves which is encouraging but we do find ourselves in a major incident and still seeing a significant number of people unwell with Covid-19 and ending up in hospital.
"Combined with a high rate of staff absence this causes a real challenge to our NHS partners and our health and care services are now increasingly under pressure."
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