Vaccines expert backs PM's light-touch Covid measures as hospital admissions fall
Professor Sir John Bell said the public had been 'pretty responsible' so far. Oxford don said 'horrific scenes' of overwhelmed NHS 'is now history in my view'. Despite surge in cases, figures on hospital admissions fallen over 50% in year.
Hospitalisations are down by over half on this point last year despite case surge. There have been no reports of large numbers of patients requiring ventilators. Stats reveal 842 Covid patients in ICU on ventilators - the lowest in two months
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