The four key numbers that will determine if lockdown can end on 21st June
One dose of a vaccine is only 33 per cent effective, but two is between 66 and 88 per cent effective.The Government shortened the gap between doses from 12 weeks to eight in order to speed up the process.The second test is “evidence vaccines are sufficiently effective in reducing hospitalisations and deaths in those vaccinated”.
The North West, London, South East and East of England are also seeing an uptick while there is no change in the South West. NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson told Times Radio today that vaccines appear to have “broken” the link between infections, hospital admission and deaths. He has previously said the vaccine was breaking a “rock solid” link between infections and hospital admissions.The third test is that “infection rates do not risk a surge in hospitalisations which would put unsustainable pressure on the NHS”.. The daily average of new cases is double what it was at the start of May.
But officials have given indication so far the threat is not significant enough to stop easing restrictions.Credit: Wellcome Sanger Institute Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said today the “best way forward” is replicating the targeted action in Bolton, rather than local lockdowns seen last summer.Jabs 'not enough' to avoid change of life FOREVER as Rishi accepts June 21 delaySIDE EFFECT?Delta variant pushing R rate 'as high as 2.5 and 60% more infectious'NEW NORMALHe told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “We have seen in Bolton that that approach has worked.
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