Britain will be one of the first countries to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a leading public health expert.
According to the Times, David Hayman, a professor of public health at the School of Health and Tropical Medicine in London, told a think tank that very high levels of immunity in the country due to infections and vaccinations "keep the virus away".
He also predicted that the coronavirus would soon begin to spread less rapidly, as is the case with various other more common viruses.
"The UK is closer than any other country to getting out of the pandemic, if it has not already gotten out of the pandemic, and to having the disease as endemic, like the other four coronaviruses," said Professor Hayman, his former head. Public Health Agency of England and executive of the World Health Organization.
He noted that the Omicron mutation does not cause serious illness or death in countries with high levels of immunity.
The latest figures from the UK Health Insurance Agency show that hospitalizations have begun to stabilize or even decrease in all parts of England except Yorkshire in the Northeast. The number of intubations continues to decrease even slightly each week.
Professor Paul Hunter from the University of East Anglia estimated that most of the country has reached or has reached the peak of the new wave of pandemics and that even in the North of England there are signs of stabilization of infections.
More than 120.000 cases in the UK on Tuesday were down 45% on a weekly basis.
In Scotland, local Prime Minister Nicola Sterzion said "we are starting to turn the corner", announcing the lifting of the ban on spectators attending outdoor sporting and artistic events from next week.
Source: KYPE