Dr Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), sounded the alarm after data showed that an increasing number of people aged 55 and older have COVID-19.
The coronavirus pandemic is not over and cases among older people are increasing, an expert has warned.
Dr Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency , sounded the alarm after data showed that an increasing number of people aged 55 and older haveAbout one in 35 people of people in England were infected between 8 February to 1 March, according to the latest React-1 study.When will COVID-19 be an endemic?
The figure decreased from 4.41% in the period between 5 January and 20 January - but was also the second-highest recorded rate of cases since the study started in 2020. Professor Paul Elliot, director of Imperial College London's React programme, said the data shows an"uptick" in hospital admissions.Dr Harries said:"These data confirm that cases have declined substantially following the peak of the Omicron wave.
"However, the increasing presence of the BA.2 sub-lineage of Omicron and the recent slight increase in infections in those over 55 show that the pandemic is not over and that we can expect to see COVID circulating at high levels."
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