Covid deaths down 90% this year

Covid deaths down 90% in 2022 https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing---9-november-2022 https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/media-resources/press-briefings Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 9,400 covid linked deaths last week Almost 90% less than in February of this year (February 2022, 75,000 a week, globally) We have come a long way, and this is definitely cause for optimism. But we continue to call on all governments, communities and individuals to remain vigilant Almost 10,000 deaths a week is 10,000 too many for a disease that can be prevented and treated WHO continues to urge caution, and we continue to urge everyone to be fully vaccinated – including getting your next dose if it’s due. https://www.who.int/westernpacific/emergencies/covid-19/information/transmission-protective-measures Get all the recommended doses of COVID-19 vaccine Keep a safe distance from others, especially in closed spaces When indoors, open windows if possible Wear a mask if you’re or those around you are at high risk of severe illness Keep hands clean Cover coughs and sneezes Stay home when feeling unwel Maria Van Kerkhove substantial underestimate of the true circulation of the virus still a pandemic, and it’s still circulating quite rampantly around the world China, moves towards reality https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983898?src=wnl_edit_tpal&uac=127834AR&impID=4860881&faf=1 Shortening quarantine times, close contacts, inbound travellers Seven days down to 5 Stop trying to identify "secondary" contacts Looking incremental National Health Commission (NHC) Optimising and adjusting prevention and control measures Not laying flat 10,535 new domestically transmitted cases for Thursday ONS release, 2nd November 2022 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/populationandhouseholdestimatesenglandandwales/census2021unroundeddata On Census Day, 21 March 2021, the size of the usual resident population in England and Wales was 59,597,542 56,490,048 in England and 3,107,494 in Wales https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/patients-registered-at-a-gp-practice-november-2022 https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/patients-registered-at-a-gp-practice/november-2022 https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/patients-registered-at-a-gp-practice/november-2022 So Five and a half more people registered with a GP than the total population We also know there are millions in England not registered with a GP Professor Norman Fenton https://twitter.com/profnfenton/status/1591155275272261632/photo/1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices