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Covid deaths down 90% in 2022

Uploaded 13-11-22

https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing---9-november-2022

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/media-resources/press-briefings

Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

9,400 covid linked deaths last week

Almost 90% less than in February of this year

(February 2022, 75,000 a week, globally)

We have come a long way, and this is definitely cause for optimism.

But we continue to call on all governments, communities and individuals to remain vigilant

Almost 10,000 deaths a week is 10,000 too many for a disease that can be prevented and treated

WHO continues to urge caution, and we continue to urge everyone to be fully vaccinated – including getting your next dose if it’s due.

https://www.who.int/westernpacific/emergencies/covid-19/information/transmission-protective-measures
Get all the recommended doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Keep a safe distance from others, especially in closed spaces
When indoors, open windows if possible
Wear a mask if you’re or those around you are at high risk of severe illness
Keep hands clean
Cover coughs and sneezes
Stay home when feeling unwel

Maria Van Kerkhove

substantial underestimate of the true circulation of the virus

still a pandemic, and it’s still circulating quite rampantly around the world
China, moves towards reality

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/983898?src=wnl_edit_tpal&uac=127834AR&impID=4860881&faf=1

Shortening quarantine times, close contacts, inbound travellers

Seven days down to 5

Stop trying to identify "secondary" contacts

Looking incremental

National Health Commission (NHC)

Optimising and adjusting prevention and control measures

Not laying flat

10,535 new domestically transmitted cases for Thursday






ONS release, 2nd November 2022

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/populationandhouseholdestimatesenglandandwales/census2021unroundeddata

On Census Day, 21 March 2021, the size of the usual resident population in England and Wales was 59,597,542

56,490,048 in England and 3,107,494 in Wales

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/patients-registered-at-a-gp-practice-november-2022

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/patients-registered-at-a-gp-practice/november-2022

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/patients-registered-at-a-gp-practice/november-2022

So

Five and a half more people registered with a GP than the total population

We also know there are millions in England not registered with a GP