Indian variant hospital numbers 'not rising significantly' despite leap in cases

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In a reassuring turn of events, an expert says the vaccine appears to have ‘broken the chain’ between Covid infections and severe illnesses or deaths.

The number of people hospitalised with the Indian Covid variant is ‘not rising very significantly’ despite rapidly increasing case numbers, an NHS boss has said.

on Saturday, Mr Hopson said the profile patients hospitalised with the virus in Bolton, which has the highest number of Indian variant cases in England, was becoming healthier. ‘There were very, very few people who have had those double jabs and had been able to have that build-up of protection after those jabs.’

 

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