Coronavirus: Disease Control

(asked on 29th June 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of covid-19 cases; and what recent advice he has received on the risks of covid-19 in autumn 2022.


Answered by
Maggie Throup Portrait
Maggie Throup
This question was answered on 12th July 2022

Data shows that COVID-19 infections are currently rising in all age groups. This is likely to be caused by infections compatible with the Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5, which are now dominant in the United Kingdom. While hospitalisations are rising, the number of people in mechanical ventilation beds remains low.

We continue to monitor the current situation ahead of the autumn, including advice from the UK Health Security Agency on progress on contingency planning. In May 2022, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation provided its interim advice to the Government on an autumn booster vaccination programme in the autumn. We expect its final advice shortly.

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