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18% of secondaries send pupils home to isolate

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-54435425

Nearly a fifth of secondary schools in England sent at least some pupils home last week to isolate, amid concerns about Covid-19 cases. However, official statistics published by the Department for Education suggested that groups of pupils were being sent home in smaller numbers.

Overall, in secondaries, which have had more virus cases than primaries, the attendance rate was 86% - meaning 490,000 pupils missed some school.

Teachers and head teachers have been complaining about difficulties in getting through to public health officials for advice and in accessing speedy testing.
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Results are on time today:

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

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The results are shocking:

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

Last updated on Tuesday 6 October 2020 at 4:00pm

UK Summary

People tested positive

Daily 14,542

Total 530,113
That's DOUBLE the previous highest daily total ever (7,000+ last week) .....
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Covid hospital cases jump 25% in a day in England

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54441133

There were 478 people admitted to hospital on Sunday - the largest daily figure since early June - up from 386.

Nearly 2,800 patients are in hospital with Covid in England, compared with over 17,000 at the epidemic's peak.

More than two-thirds of the new admissions in England (334) were in the North West, North East and Yorkshire.
In a normal year, 1,000 admissions a day for flu and respiratory viruses can be expected by December, so to have nearly 500 a day for COVID-19 this early in the season is worrying.
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Last updated on Wednesday 7 October 2020 at 4:00pm

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

UK Summary

People tested positive

Daily 14,162

Total 544,275
That's equivalent to 1 new case every 6 seconds in a 24-hour period .....
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Covid: Pubs and restaurants in central Scotland to close

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-54449573

The new rules will apply to licensed premises across the central belt, including Glasgow and Edinburgh. The new rules, which will be in force from 18:00 on Friday until 25 October, apply to about 3.4 million people. They cover people living in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Lanarkshire, Forth Valley, Lothian and Ayrshire and Arran health board areas.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the restrictions were "intended to be short, sharp action to arrest a worrying increase in infection".
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Coronavirus: New restrictions for England likely on Monday

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54457377
The government is likely to tighten coronavirus restrictions for parts of England on Monday - including the possibility of closing pubs and restaurants, the BBC understands.

The government is expected to introduce three tiers for local lockdowns - as reported by the BBC last week.

But ministers are now discussing how severe the top tier should be.
Panic measures from the government now ..... U-turns galore .....
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England's Test and Trace reaches lowest percentage of contacts since launch

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-54460270

The latest figures from the government's Test and Trace service in England show that the close contacts of 68.6% of people who tested positive for Covid-19 were reached in the week ending 30 September.

That is down from 72.5% the previous week and is the lowest weekly percentage since Test and Trace began in May. It comes as the service faced its largest ever number of positive tests with 51,475 confirmed cases, a 56% increase on the previous week.

In cases handled by local health protection teams, 97.1% of contacts were reached and asked to self-isolate. But when cases were handled online or by government call centres, only 62.4% of close contacts were reached and asked to self-isolate.
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Last updated on Thursday 8 October 2020 at 4:00pm

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

UK Summary

People tested positive

Daily 17,540

Total 561,815
What the hell is going on .....

Someone better get a handle on this virus and soon .....

At the current rate of exponential growth there could be another 500,000 cases by the end of the month .....
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Now some good news:

Coronavirus: Rapid bedside test shows promise in hospitals

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54468993

The report appears in the journal the Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

In a study, the rapid test took under two hours to show results, while standard tests - which have to be sent to laboratories - took much longer. Researchers say this meant patients taking the rapid test could be isolated more quickly when positive, potentially reducing the spread of the virus. They are calling urgently for more rapid tests on the NHS.
Obviously, such tests will be restricted to hospitals for the foreseeable future but the implications for general use are encouraging.
 
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