Covid: Wider surge testing in Bedford due to Indian variant
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https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/interactive-map
(last 3 weeks),
What are the 'India, Brazil, South Africa and UK variants?: ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55659820 )
-> https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/12742/production... (just the picture).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57094274
That suggests to me that we've got transmission within households and that's now part of the situation here.
The latest data suggests both the AstraZeneca and Pfizer Covid vaccines are extremely effective at preventing severe disease, hospitalisation and death, meaning the most vulnerable should be far better protected than they were in earlier waves of the pandemic.
But there is one stumbling block. In Bolton, the areas with the highest infections over the last week map very closely to areas with the lowest vaccination rates.