Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey: characteristics of people testing positive for COVID-19 in England, 27 January 2021

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati...

Antigen survey

S-gene is no longer detected in the current test

Classic symptoms

Cough, fever, shortness of breath, loss of taste or loss of smell

New UK variant infections

Were more likely to report any symptoms

Largest difference, more reports of cough, sore throat, fatigue, myalgia, fever

More likely to report the classic symptoms

Significantly less likely to report loss of taste and smell

There is no evidence of difference in the gastrointestinal symptoms, shortness of breath or headaches.

UK

https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels...

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Cases, + 25,308 = 3,715,054

Hospitalisations, 3,082 = 37,605 (3,961)

Deaths, + 1,631 + 1,725 = 101,887

Deaths, + 7,766 = 103,602

Deaths will come down slowly

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55818636

Prof Chris Whitty

a lot more deaths over the next few weeks

before the effects of vaccinations kick in

Current restrictions just about holding in lowering infection rates

Vaccinations

First dose, 7,164,387

Second dose, 474,156

Earliest English school return date, 8th March

UK travel

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55821702

Quarantine in hotels, 10 days

30 high risk countries

Met at airport transported directly into quarantine

South America, South Africa, Portugal travellers already banned

Ban on travel for leisure

US, CDC data

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-trac...

Past 7 days

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphi...

Cases, down 16.4%

Deaths, up 10.4%

Hospitalizations, down 10.4%

Positivity rate, 9.1%

Vaccinations

24,391,000 doses given

Completed courses, 3,529,000 (1.08%)

China

Anal swab as a potentially optimal specimen for SARS-CoV-2 detection to evaluate hospital discharge of COVID-19 patients (Future Medicine)

https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/10...

ACE2 is most abundantly expressed on the surface of alveolar epithelial cells and small intestine epithelial cells

SARS-CoV-2 shed in the different phases of infection

Betacoronavirus genus, can cause respiratory, intestinal, liver and nervous system infections in animals and humans

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...

Recovering patients

Continued to test positive days after nasal and throat swabs were negative

Quarantine centers

Raise rate of identifying infected patients

Domestic travel

Lunar New Year next month

Travelers arriving from overseas

Two weeks of hotel quarantine

Plus a third week of home quarantine

Fourth week of daily reports to health officials

EU, Oxford AZ vaccine

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-euro...

Not yet approved by EMA

August ordered 300 million (+ 100 m) doses

Production delays, plants, Netherlands and Belgium

Two months behind

UK deal signed May

80 million doses expected by March

Reduced to 31 million, down 60% for first quarter

EU has threatened to restrict vaccine exports

EU, Pfizer/BioNTech

Order, 600 m doses

Delayed supplies for a few weeks

Sanofi will help produce 125 million doses in Frankfurt from July

Global vaccine tracker

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/co...

UK vaccine tracker

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/detai...

US vaccine tracker

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-trac...

Europe vaccine tracker

https://data.spectator.co.uk/city/vac...