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Jumat, 02 April 2021

COVID-19: England's R number could be as high as 1 and infections may have stopped shrinking, says SAGE - Sky News

England's R number could be as high as 1 and case numbers may have stopped shrinking, according to government scientists' latest estimates.

The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) estimates England's latest R number to be between 0.8 and 1 - up from between 0.7 and 0.9 across the whole of the UK last week.

Its COVID-19 growth rate is now thought to be between -4% and 0%, which means that the number of cases is "broadly flat" or shrinking by up to 4% every day.

Live COVID updates from the UK and around the world

R - or the reproduction number - represents the average number of people someone with coronavirus will go on to infect.

If the figure is above 1 the epidemic will grow exponentially, but if it is below 1 it is getting smaller.

This means that every 10 people who test positive for COVID in England will currently pass it on to an average of eight to 10 others.

This week, scientists have not published a UK-wide estimate as they usually do, claiming that "given the increasingly localised approach to managing the epidemic", those figures are "less meaningful than previously and may not accurately reflect the current picture".

The R number varies from region to region, but all parts of England have an upper boundary of 1, according to the latest estimates.

North East and North West England are the highest at 0.8 to 1, with all other regions falling somewhere between 0.7 and 1.

Case rates appear to be shrinking most in the East of England, where the growth rate is between -6% and -1%, followed by London, the Midlands, the South East and South West, where infections are falling by up to 5% every day.

But scientists caution that those regions' figures are "based on low numbers of cases" or "dominated by clustered outbreaks" so may not be as accurate as usual.

The latest figures come after lockdown restrictions eased in England on Monday, allowing up to six people or two households to meet in private gardens.

Police forces up and down the country have warned people not to flout the rules this Bank Holiday weekend, as they fear the long weekend and warm weather could encourage people to meet indoors or in large groups.

They say it could ruin progress made by three months of lockdown and the vaccine programme.

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2021-04-02 13:30:40Z
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COVID-19: England's R number could be as high as 1 and infections may have stopped shrinking, says SAGE - Sky News

England's R number could be as high as 1 and cases may have stopped shrinking, according to government scientists' latest estimates.

The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) estimates England's latest R number to be between 0.8 and 1 - up from between 0.7 and 0.9 across the whole of the UK last week.

Its COVID-19 growth rate is now thought to be between -4% and 0%, which means that the number of cases is "broadly flat" or shrinking by up to 4% every day.

Live COVID updates from the UK and around the world

R - or the reproduction number - represents the average number of people someone with coronavirus will go on to infect.

If the figure is above 1 the epidemic will grow exponentially, but if it is below 1 it is getting smaller.

This means that every 10 people who test positive for COVID in England will currently pass it on to an average of eight to 10 others.

This week, scientists have not published a UK-wide estimate as they usually do, claiming that "given the increasingly localised approach to managing the epidemic", those figures are "less meaningful than previously and may not accurately reflect the current picture".

The R number varies from region to region, but all parts of England have an upper boundary of 1, according to the latest estimates.

North East and North West England are the highest at 0.8 to 1, with all other regions falling somewhere between 0.7 and 1.

Case rates appear to be shrinking most in the East of England, where the growth rate is between -6% and -1%, followed by London, the Midlands, the South East and South West, where infections are falling by up to 5% every day.

But scientists caution that those regions' figures are "based on low numbers of cases" or "dominated by clustered outbreaks" so may not be as accurate as usual.

The latest figures come after lockdown restrictions eased in England on Monday, allowing up to six people or two households to meet in private gardens.

Police forces up and down the country have warned people not to flout the rules this Bank Holiday weekend, as they fear the long weekend and warm weather could encourage people to meet indoors or in large groups.

They say it could ruin progress made by three months of lockdown and the vaccine programme.

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2021-04-02 13:30:00Z
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COVID-19: England's R number could be as high as 1 - as no figure for whole of UK given by SAGE advisers - Sky News

England's R number could be as high as 1, according to government scientists who have not given a UK figure for the first time.

The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) estimated England's latest R number to be between 0.8 and 1 - up from between 0.7 and 0.9 across the whole of the UK last week.

This means that every 10 people who test positive for COVID-19 in England will pass it on to an average of eight to 10 others.

Live COVID updates from the UK and around the world

This week, scientists have not published a UK-wide estimate as they usually do, claiming that "given the increasingly localised approach to managing the epidemic", those figures are "less meaningful than previously and may not accurately reflect the current picture".

R - or the reproduction number - represents the average number of people someone with coronavirus will go on to infect.

If the figure is above 1 the epidemic will grow exponentially, but if it is below 1 it is getting smaller.

The growth rate of the virus in England is now estimated to be -4% to 0%, which means that the number of new COVID infections is "broadly flat" or shrinking by up to 4% every day.

It comes after lockdown restrictions eased nationwide on Monday allowing up to six people or two households to meet in private gardens.

Police forces up and down the country have warned people not to flout the rules this Bank Holiday weekend, as they fear the long weekend and warm weather could encourage people to meet indoors or in large groups.

They say it could ruin progress made by three months of lockdown and the vaccine programme.

The R number varies from region to region, but all parts of England have an upper boundary of 1, according to the latest estimates.

North East and North West England are the highest at 0.8 to 1, with all other regions falling somewhere between 0.7 and 1.

Case rates appear to be shrinking most in the East of England, where the growth rate is between -6% and -1%, followed by London, the Midlands, the South East and South West, where infections are falling by up to 5% every day.

But scientists caution that those regions' figures are "based on low numbers of cases" or "dominated by clustered outbreaks" so may not be as accurate as usual.

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2021-04-02 13:07:30Z
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COVID-19 police warning ahead of Kill the Bill protests - Sky News

Kill the Bill protesters have been warned against breaching COVID-19 restrictions by police ahead of demonstrations this afternoon.

Rallies against the government's proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill have been organised in Finsbury Park in north London as well as Leeds, Manchester and Southampton.

The Kill the Bill protests are lawful, providing organisers submit a risk assessment and take steps to ensure gatherings are COVID-safe, but the Metropolitan Police warned the safety of the wider community is paramount.

"Enforcement action will be taken, if needed, in the interests of public health," the force said.

Greater Manchester Police have tried to avoid a repeat of violent scenes in Bristol by introducing a 48-hour dispersal order for the city centre, to last until 3pm on Saturday.

Officers can direct anyone acting antisocially to leave the area.

Also on Friday, Ryan Paul Roberts, 25, was charged with attempted arson with intent to endanger life after an item on fire was placed underneath an occupied police van outside Bristol's Bridewell Police Station during the protest on 21 March.

Roberts, of Madeira Road, Plymouth, is also charged with two counts of criminal damage and two counts of assaulting an emergency worker.

He has been remanded in custody and is set to appear at Bristol Magistrates' Court on Saturday.

Police on Friday said two other men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and released under investigation.

A total of 29 people have now been arrested in connection with clashes and a further 16 are being sought as part of the inquiry.

The proposed Bill would give police in England and Wales more power to impose conditions on non-violent protests, including for being too noisy or a nuisance, with fines or jail terms for those convicted.

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2021-04-02 11:20:22Z
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COVID-19: Thirty blood clot cases reported in UK after 18 million Oxford-AstraZeneca jabs, says medicines regulator - Sky News

Thirty blood clotting cases were reported in the UK after the first 18 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, the medicines regulator has said.

The figure is 25 more than previously reported.

The count was updated as part of a rolling review into Britain's COVID vaccines, with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency stressing the benefits of the jab "far outweigh any known side effects".

Concerns have been raised about blood clots after a tiny proportion of cases among the tens of millions who have received the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab.

Some countries, such as Germany, have restricted its use to certain ages but the European medicines watchdog and the World Health Organisation both say it's safe and effective.

The MHRA said on Thursday there had been "22 reports of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) and 8 reports of other thrombosis events with low platelets".

The figures cover 9 December 2020 to 21 March this year, when 15.8 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine had been administered, and around 2.2 million second doses.

The regulator stressed that all medicines have potential side effects and that the benefits of both COVID jabs means people should not hesitate to get vaccinated.

"The number and nature of suspected adverse reactions reported so far are not unusual in comparison to other types of routinely used vaccines," said the MHRA report.

Its said the most common side effects reported for both the Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines were "injection-site reactions" such as a sore arm, and general flu-like symptoms like headache, chills, aching, fatigue and nausea.

These are normal reactions to any vaccine as the body produces an immune response and should disappear after a day or two, said the MHRA.

It said the side effects are reported more frequently in younger people.

More than 31 million people in the UK have had a first dose of one of the vaccines, with second doses topping first doses in recent days as older people get called up to complete their treatment.

A third approved vaccine, from Moderna, is also expected to be rolled out in April.

The vaccine rollout in the EU has been much slower and was hampered by some countries pausing the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab until the European regulator gave it the green light and concluded it did not increase the overall number of clots in the population.

Despite that, Germany said this week that it would not give the vaccine to under-60s on the recommendation of its national regulator.

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2021-04-02 10:26:01Z
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COVID-19: Pakistan, Kenya, Bangladesh and the Philippines added to England's travel 'red list' - Sky News

Pakistan, Kenya, Bangladesh and the Philippines have been added to England's coronavirus "red list".

The move, which will take effect from 4am on Friday, 9 April, is in response to concerns about new variants of COVID-19, like those first detected in South Africa and Brazil.

Live COVID updates from the UK and around the world

It means international visitors who have departed from or transited through those nations in the previous 10 days will be barred from entering.

British and Irish citizens and those with residence rights in the UK will be allowed to enter, but will have to arrive at a designated port and then pay to stay in a government-approved quarantine hotel for 10 days.

Once in quarantine, they will have to take a COVID test on the second and eighth days of their self-isolation.

Flights arriving from the four countries will not be banned, with British and Irish nationals and UK residents advised to use commercial routes if they wish to return.

The Department for Transport said: "The government has made it consistently clear it will take decisive action if necessary to contain the virus and has added these destinations to the red list to protect public health."

The decision is based on advice from the government-funded Joint Biosecurity Centre.

According to the DfT, the data shows that the majority of cases of the South Africa variant detected in England have been linked to international travel and very few are thought to have come from Europe.

Overseas holidays are banned under England's coronavirus lockdown measures until 17 May at the earliest.

A new law came in on Monday threatening a fine of up to £5,000 for anyone who tries to leave England before 30 June without "good reason", although this could be lifted sooner if travel is allowed to resume.

Under plans discussed by ministers to resume foreign travel, holiday destinations could be ranked under a "traffic light system", with fewer restrictions for places with low coronavirus rates and high vaccination take-up.

Countries would be graded either green, amber or red, according to how well they are coping with the pandemic, reports suggest.

The additions mean a total of 39 countries are now on the "red list". They are:

• Angola
• Argentina
• Bangladesh
• Bolivia
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Burundi
• Cape Verde
• Chile
• Colombia
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Ecuador
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• The Philippines
• Qatar
• Rwanda
• Seychelles
• Somalia
• South Africa
• Suriname
• Tanzania
• United Arab Emirates
• Uruguay
• Venezuela
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

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2021-04-02 10:41:15Z
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COVID-19: Pakistan, Kenya, Bangladesh and the Philippines added to England's travel 'red list' - Sky News

Pakistan, Kenya, Bangladesh and the Philippines have been added to England's coronavirus "red list".

The move, which will take effect from 4am on Friday, 9 April, is in response to concerns about new variants of COVID-19, like those first detected in South Africa and Brazil.

Live COVID updates from the UK and around the world

It means international visitors who have departed from or transited through those nations in the previous 10 days will be barred from entering.

British and Irish citizens and those with residence rights in the UK will be allowed to enter, but will have to arrive at a designated port and then pay to stay in a government-approved quarantine hotel for 10 days.

Once in quarantine, they will have to take a COVID test on the second and eighth days of their self-isolation.

Flights arriving from the four countries will not be banned, with British and Irish nationals and UK residents advised to use commercial routes if they wish to return.

The Department for Transport said: "The government has made it consistently clear it will take decisive action if necessary to contain the virus and has added these destinations to the red list to protect public health."

The decision is based on advice from the government-funded Joint Biosecurity Centre.

According to the DfT, the data shows that the majority of cases of the South Africa variant detected in England have been linked to international travel and very few are thought to have come from Europe.

Overseas holidays are banned under England's coronavirus lockdown measures until 17 May at the earliest.

A new law came in on Monday threatening a fine of up to £5,000 for anyone who tries to leave England before 30 June without "good reason", although this could be lifted sooner if travel is allowed to resume.

Under plans discussed by ministers to resume foreign travel, holiday destinations could be ranked under a "traffic light system", with fewer restrictions for places with low coronavirus rates and high vaccination take-up.

Countries would be graded either green, amber or red, according to how well they are coping with the pandemic, reports suggest.

The additions mean a total of 39 countries are now on the "red list". They are:

• Angola
• Argentina
• Bangladesh
• Bolivia
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Burundi
• Cape Verde
• Chile
• Colombia
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Ecuador
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• The Philippines
• Qatar
• Rwanda
• Seychelles
• Somalia
• South Africa
• Suriname
• Tanzania
• United Arab Emirates
• Uruguay
• Venezuela
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

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2021-04-02 09:41:33Z
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