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New coronavirus infections are decreasing and 14 million people in the UK have received one vaccine dose. But the sitrep is that hospitals are still caring for 24,352 COVID patients
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More optimistic news this week with coronavirus infection rates and hospital admissions both in decline. But coronavirus seems here to stay and we must not relax too soon. As we
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Sitrep: situation report. This is what we call our daily briefings right now. Here’s mine. We are now fairly confident we have reached the high water-mark for the second wave
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Oxygen supply in hospitals is getting a lot of media coverage. Some hospitals are using five times more oxygen than usual triggering low pressure alarms. Media reporting oxygen supplies ‘running
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Optimistic news: National data on new coronavirus infections data do now show we have passed the peak. Good news but really this is just the end of the beginning for
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What reaching the peak means for the NHS: We're increasingly confident we have hit *a* peak and hopefully *the* peak of the second wave of coronavirus infections. Hospital admissions lag
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The number of new coronavirus infections may be levelling off, but patient admissions to NHS hospitals for COVID-19 will increase for another 7-10 days. The question of how we choose
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Recent trial results show some promise for Tocilizumab in the treatment of severe COVID-19. Welcome news at a difficult time and excellent work from @remap_cap & @NIHRresearch. But the results
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The vaccine conversation took an unexpected turn this week with the decision to prioritise first doses for people who haven't been vaccinated over second doses for those who have. Staff
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Why did we need a lockdown? For many people, their lives have not (yet) been touched by COVID as an illness – only by public health measures. But we need
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Media reports of pressures on the NHS are all true. The situation in London is now MUCH worse than the first wave, and still deteriorating. Sad to see long queues
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Situation in London continuing to deteriorate as expected. Many doctors are worried that other parts of the UK will follow. A lot of misinformation around, so some fairly blunt observations
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