RE: Covid27 Jan 2022 13:11
Love how the journalist refers to 'epidemic' when officially this is still a pandemic, but never mind!
Dr Meera Chand, Covid-19 incident director at UKHSA, said: “It is the nature of viruses to evolve and mutate, so it’s to be expected that we will continue to see new variants emerge as the pandemic goes on. Our continued genomic surveillance allows us to detect them and assess whether they are significant.
All the experts are suggesting that testing and surveillance shall continue, there's no end in sight, perhaps DA would like to reconsider his forecast for a 50% drop in covid testing. Also, keep reading about the importance of vaccine, however going forward the take up of a 2nd booster (4th jab) is likely to fall further, people might be tired of testing, but they're tired of vaccination too. At least with testing there's no side effects to worry about.