People urged to wear masks again amid rise in Covid cases - just days after Manchester hospitals see surge in admissions
People have been urged to wear masks again in crowded and enclosed spaces, amid fears that hospitalisations from coronavirus could hit an 18-month high. The warning, which came from senior health official Dame Dr Jenny Harries on Sunday , came just days after it was reported that Manchester's hospitals were among those seeing a huge influx in positive admissions from the virus.
READ MORE'Covid is everywhere': Over 400 admitted to Greater Manchester's hospitals in a WEEK as coronavirus cases soar It was just last month that one Greater Manchester GP raised concerns of an incoming ‘Covid wave’ and the impact it could have on the NHS. The emergence of Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 were first designated as variants of concern in the UK on May 20.
The national picture suggests around 2.3 million people in private households are estimated to have had the virus last week, up 32 per cent from a week earlier. The number of people in UK hospitals with Covid has already risen from around 5,000 to more than 10,000 by June 27. “So I haven't been routinely wearing one but I do routinely carry one in my handbag wherever I go. Actually, I have worn it in the last week for the very reason that I'm doing exactly what I've said, I'm adapting to the changing prevalence of infection.
"And that means it's not just Covid that we're concerned about, but it's actually our ability to treat other illnesses as well."
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