COVID-19 Coronavirus, HPAI H5N1 and other virus UK and World News Update 10th January 2025
Happy New Year! I hope you had a good festive break, and I'm delighted to say that the world didn't become overrun by virus during the last 3 weeks, not entirely anyway...
"NHS England says there were over 5,000 patients in hospital with flu at the end of last week. The average...was almost 3.5 times higher than the same week in 2023. NHS England says the number quadrupled since the end of November."
BBC Health Editor Hugh Pym on 3rd January.
"NHS England says average flu patient numbers in hospitals at 5,400 last week - up on previous week. A&E attendances in 2024 up 7 per cent on the year. NHS leaders say strain on staff at times as bad as height of pandemic."
Hugh Pym on 9th January.
Flu levels are currently abysmal in the UK, but some suggestions we may soon peak - I hope so.
