NHS England has declared it is stepping down Covid as an official incident after more than 40 months of the health service dealing with the virus
The NHS would continue to treat acute Covid infections as well asBut she said: “Although we continue to treat Covid-positive patients in hospital, we are now in a position to move to the next stage in our Covid-19 response.
“We in England are not alone in seeing this trend. The World Health Organisation has also recently announced that COVID-19 is no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.” Ms Pritchard thanked NHS staff for their “outstanding efforts to deal with the impact of this extraordinary health emergency”.
NHS England’s national and regional operations centres, which coordinated the pandemic response, will continue to operate but may reduce hours of operation.for people with Covid fell in England by 13 per cent and bed occupancy decreased by 16 per cent.
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