Lets not get carried away Omah, it wasn’t boris who killed all those unfortunate people, it was a virus. Things would have probably worked out the same whoever had been in charge. Do we blame Blair or Brown for all the victims of viruses during their watch. Not to mention the Iraq war…
Hospitalisations, Cases and Deaths have all fallen.
Although the pandemic seems to be under control in the UK at the moment, the 125,000 recorded UK Deaths is the highest total in Europe and fifth highest in the world - an appalling record for the UK government … :!:
Hospitalisations have not been updated, Cases and Deaths have both fallen.
The Vaccination rate has noticeably fallen.
The current seven-day average for first doses is about 283,000 doses a day - down from more than 400,000 a day in early February.
This drop in first doses can be partially explained by an increase in the number of second doses now being administered.
But Health Secretary Matt Hancock has also blamed the reduction on supply issues.*
Previously:
Tue 23 Feb 2021
Matt Hancock, the health secretary, said in a radio interview the country could expect “a quieter week this week” for vaccinations because of supply pressure but that the rollout would bounce back next month. “We’re going to have some really bumper weeks in March.”
Hancock tried a Johnson … and has, so far, failed (as Bj frequently has) … :roll:
Ministers frustrated with PM’s ‘mistakes’ ahead of Covid second wave
Cabinet ministers and senior officials have told the BBC the government should have brought in tougher restrictions in the early autumn to tackle the “inevitable” second wave of coronavirus.
In the run up to the anniversary of the lockdown, BBC News has spoken off the record to more than 20 senior politicians, officials and former officials about the key moments of the last 12 months.
The investigation revealed significant frustration in government about Boris Johnson’s unwillingness to tighten restrictions in September, as cases again began to rise.
One senior figure told us: “The biggest mistake was the rush of blood of to the head in the summer… there was a sense of denial about the second wave.”
One former official added: “We kept repeating the same mistakes over and over again, despite the masses of evidence that kept coming up. We lost an awful lot of time, and that led to more cases and more deaths.”
The list of major “mistakes” that BJ made, seemingly against best advice, now number a dozen or more - the effect was to allow the virus to penetrate the UK to such an extent that the number of infections and deaths that the nation sustained was out of proportion to its’ size - the worst in Europe and among the worst in the world … :shock:
I think he really should be brought to account for this. I mean, what makes his judgement better than the advice given, eh? Especially as he allegedly suffered with Covid himself.
The NHS has written to local health organisations warning of a “significant reduction in weekly supply” of coronavirus vaccines from the week beginning 29 March for a month.
It says there has been a “reduction in national inbound vaccines supply”.
It also says organisations should “ensure no further appointments are uploaded to the national booking system or local booking system” in April.
The BBC understands no one who has booked a vaccine should lose a slot.
Deaths are static and Hospitalisations have fallen but Cases * have risen again to between the 5,000-6,000 mark … :!:
The number of tests every day has risen by roughly 500,000 since the start of March as schools have been using rapid tests to check pupils for coronavirus, even when they do not have symptoms.
This has led to, on average, about 1,000 new cases being found each day, but it is too soon to say whether the slowing rate of decline is down to more testing or more virus.