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Dr John Campbell Episodes Around May 26, 2021
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as posted by the channelIndia
National level, the wave is waning
Still rising in Tamil Nadu, North East
Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal unclear
Murad Banaji, mathematician at Middlesex University
the weak rural surveillance complicates the picture
It is possible that total transmission nationwide has not peaked yet,
not visible in case numbers, infection is mostly spreading now in rural areas
Cases and deaths still mostly linked
US
Cases
Deaths, 587,830
Vaccination trends
One dose, 49.5%
Two doses, 39.5%
Adults with at least one dose, 61.6%
UK
700 million vaccine doses next year
ONS, 25th May
W/E 15th May, England
Percentage of people testing positive in England (0.09%), increased, (0.09%)
Early signs of an increase, North East, Yorkshire, The Humber, South East
Wales, 0.02%
Northern Ireland 0.06%
Scotland, 0.05%
Positivity rates are very low so
Trends difficult to identify
Affected by small changes in the number of people testing positive from week to week
Eight Indian variant areas
Avoid indoor meetings and unnecessary travel in and out
14th May Bolton and Blackburn with Darwen
Now also
Kirklees, Bedford, Burnley, Leicester, Hounslow and North Tyneside
Today downgraded to minimise travel advisory
Germany banes arrivals from UK
France imposed 10 day mandatory quarantine
Turin Medical Association, May 24th
29 March to 2 May
Tested group, n = 5,823
97% of vaccinated health workers cannot transmit the virus
3 month follow up PCR testing
Positives tests, 179, (3.07%)
96.93% did not harbor the virus in the upper airways
Reporting group N = 11,910
168, (1.41%) contracted the virus after vaccination
Malta
Population, 467,000
Health Minister Chris Fearne
Vaccinations
First dose, 70% of adult population
Second dose, 42%
Open to all over 16
Herd immunity
Cases, average 3 per day
Test positivity rate, 0.2%
Mandatory wearing of masks outdoors, lifted on July 1 for vaccinated people
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