COVID-19: No decline in coronavirus infections in first days of latest lockdown, major study shows

SKY News ^ | January 21, 2021

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Coronavirus infections did not slow down and may have increased instead in the first days of the latest national lockdown, a major ongoing study has found.

Researchers also said it will be weeks before the vaccine rollout has a substantial effect.

The study from REACT-1 at Imperial College in London said: "During the initial 10 days of the third COVID-19 lockdown… prevalence of COVID-19 was very high with no evidence of decline."

Programme director Professor Paul Elliot went further, saying: "Our data are showing worrying suggestions of a recent uptick in infections which we will continue to monitor closely."

The survey, conducted between 6 and 15 January, suggests one in 63 people were infected across England, an increase of 50% on the last survey in early December.

"Until prevalence in the community is reduced substantially, health services will remain under extreme pressure and the cumulative number of lives lost during this pandemic will continue to increase rapidly," they said.

The study takes samples from more than 100,000 people picked at random each month.

The Imperial College study also examined the effect of the vaccine rollout and concluded it would not have a major influence for weeks to come.

"Even though safe and effective vaccines are being deployed in many populations, the majority of those most at-risk of severe COVID-19 will not be protected until late spring," it said.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[inchworm]

At least 3000 Americans already died of COVID-19 under Biden’s watch. He had over two months to prepare for this.

[Theophilus]

It’s now a political sin to get the Wuhan CCP virus. It means you did not obey your benevolent technotyrant overlords.

[livius]

Yes. It also happens to be the flu season, when viral infections always go up.