The Covid-19 Infection Survey has published its final weekly update, which estimated that 1.7 million people have the virus. The survey has been globally recognized as a world-leading demonstration of health surveillance. However, its cost has led to its pausing, although the participant group is not being disbanded. Hospital admissions and death registrations will replace the random swab test survey as a gauge of infections. Virus rates are currently at their highest this year in England, which is driving the current rise. Covid admissions in England have risen for three consecutive weeks to 10.6 per 100,000, the highest level since the start of the year. Meanwhile, research shows that antibiotics commonly prescribed for hospitalised patients with flu or Covid do not save lives. The over-prescription of antibiotics is making viruses resistant to drugs, warn scientists. A Norwegian study found that acute respiratory infection patients given antibiotics were twice as likely to die as those who were not.
The Covid-19 Infection Survey has come to an end and will no longer count Covid infections weekly. In its final weekly update, the survey estimated that 1.7 million people have the virus. Although the survey has been widely recognized as a world-leading demonstration of health surveillance, its cost has led to it being paused. The participant group, however, is not being disbanded. The survey has been the envy of the world and is a jewel in the crown of UK science, according to Sir David Spiegelhalter, chairman of the survey’s advisory board. Virus rates are currently at their highest this year in England, which is driving the current rise. Consequently, hospital admissions and death registrations will replace the random swab test survey as a gauge of infections. Covid admissions in England have risen for three consecutive weeks to 10.6 per 100,000, the highest level since the start of the year. Although statistics for the rest of the UK lack certainty, antibiotics commonly prescribed for hospitalised patients with flu or Covid do not save lives, according to research. The over-prescription of antibiotics is making viruses resistant to drugs, warn scientists. A Norwegian study found that acute respiratory infection patients given antibiotics were twice as likely to die as those who were not.
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