Are there Covid restrictions on cards STILL? Boris says there are ‘currently’ no pavement plans –

Boris Johnson has refused to permanently rule out further Covid restrictions as hospitalizations due to the virus continue to rise.

The prime minister said there are no plans for sidewalks “at the moment” as it leaves the door open for future measures.

In an interview with LBC at a NATO summit in Madrid this morning, he was given the chance to one day re-implement restrictions.

“I don’t think we see any reason for that at the moment and the most important thing is vaccination,” he said.

But Mr Johnson suggested that the sharp increase in hospital admissions could trigger new restrictions.

“We don’t see the kind of pressure on medical services that would lead us to something like this,” he added.

While only a fraction of patients were primarily infected, daily hospital admissions for Covid nearly tripled in the past month to nearly 1,200.

Cases have also increased dramatically in recent weeks, with an estimated one in 40 or 1.3 million people in the UK carrying the virus last week.

Johnson refused to rule out the possibility of a future blockade in April, saying it would be “irresponsible” to discard anything that “could save lives” if a more deadly variant emerged.

Covid infections in the UK have nearly doubled in two weeks, reaching nearly 1.4 million last week.

While only a fraction of patients were primarily infected, daily hospital admissions for Covid nearly tripled last month to nearly 1,200.

Cases of Covid have become less important as vaccines and innate immunity have broken the link between infection and serious illness.

Ministers are now reviewing data on the NHS virus to gauge the severity of the epidemic, which has been on the rise for more than a month.

There are currently between 1,200 and 1,400 daily withdrawals for Covid, compared to around 450 at the end of May.

But admissions numbers alone don’t tell the whole story, as analysis shows that only a third (37.7%) are mostly infected with Covid.

Others are known as “accidental” cases, those who go to the hospital for another reason but test positive.

Occasional events are becoming more common as the highly contagious but milder Omicron subvariants are very common in the wider community.

According to the Office for National Statistics in England and Wales, deaths from Covid, another key statistic, have risen to around 20 per day.

ONS primarily analyzes deaths caused by the virus, rather than being a secondary factor.

However, deaths are the biggest indicator of delay and may take weeks to increase due to the increase in infections.

During the LBC interview, Johnson insisted that vaccination against Covid is the most important way to avoid future restrictions.

Four out of five people over the age of 75 and people with compromised immune systems were given a fourth dose or a second boost.

According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 1.36 million people in the UK were infected in the week up to 18 June.

That’s 70% more than the 797,000 people estimated to have had the virus in early June.

Epidemic It is fueled by the spread of BA.4 and BA.5, which are believed to be more contagious but as mild as the original Omicron strain.

New ONS estimates will be released this afternoon.

A separate report on the ONS Covid death showed that the virus was directly responsible for just 161 or an average of 23 deaths per day in England and Wales last week.

Sir Jonathan Van-Tam last week denied hysteria that a recent wave of Covid cases marked another wave of pandemics and said the UK must learn to live with the virus.

He suggested that the sharp increase in hospital admissions could be a trigger for new injuries.

“There is nothing alarming about these numbers,” said the country’s former deputy medical director, referring to data on hospitalized and deceased deaths.

Sir Jonathan announced that he himself had stopped wearing his mask.

The spread of new varieties is said to accelerate during the Queen’s major platinum anniversary gatherings and six-month holidays.

Some also pointed out that the British confuse Covid symptoms with hay fever.

UKHSA estimates that BA.4 and BA.5 account for approximately 22% and 39% of cases, respectively.

The latest analysis shows that BA.5 is growing 35% faster than the previous Omicron BA.2, while BA.4 is growing approximately 19% faster.

This indicates that BA.5 will be the dominant variant in the UK.