Omicron has less than 70% chance of having to go to a hospital, the health ministry in England says

People with Omicron coronavirus were 70 percent more likely to be hospitalized than those with Delta, according to a study by the health ministry in England, which warned that the spread of infectious diseases could still force hospitals. .

A UK Health Security Agency comparison published Thursday showed that people with Omicron had 50 to 70 percent fewer hospital stays overnight, and were less likely to go to the emergency and emergency department.

Sajid Javid, the UK health secretary, said the findings were “encouraging” but warned that the new cases were growing “strangely”.

“The hospital population is growing, and we cannot put the NHS at risk,” he said.

Health officials expect the reduction in severity resulting from a combination of infectious diseases and rebirth caused by Omicron being mild, as well as changes in the biology of the virus.

Javid added that ministers “continue to monitor data hourly. It is still too early to find alternatives”.

On Thursday, 119,789 cases of Covid-19 were reported in the UK, the effects of the epidemic and a 35 percent increase on the same day last week.

the cabinet stood firm if the new Covid ban was imposed after Christmas, but Javid’s comments confirmed that ministers are awaiting more confirmation before making a decision on the matter.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to remember the new parliament, which could lead to a dispute with his prime minister and a revolt against Tory MPs.

Instead Johnson may think of giving guidance to the people to abstain during the New Year instead of announcing new bans.

These findings come as government scientists have warned that even if Omicron were younger, it is possible that the risk of HIV-positive people being hospitalized could increase as the virus goes from young to old.

“The number of hospitals is likely to follow an increase in the number of cases, even if they are significantly lower,” he said during a meeting of the Government Scientific Advisory Group for Emergency (Sage), released Thursday.

“The number of cases right now is very high in the UK, and even a small number of hospital stays can lead to serious illness,” said Jenny Harries, director of UKHSA.

The UKHSA study was based on 132 Omicron HIV-positive people who sought medical treatment in England until December 20, changing the risk factors, such as age, sex, race, health status and vaccination status.

The findings of the study were consistent with a separate study from Imperial College London and the University of Edinburgh published Wednesday.

But the findings were “preliminary” and “affected by” small numbers of Omicron patients in the hospital, inability to properly diagnose all previous illnesses and low prevalence of Omicron in the elderly “, UKHSA added.

Sage’s advisers said that stiffness should be reduced by “about 90 percent” in order to stay in the hospital “to avoid future complications”, according to official minutes.

“It continues to be that what has already happened, the consequences are huge,” the committee said. “If the procedures are followed later, when the hospital admission is too high, the procedures may need to be longer and may be too late to avoid the most acceptable time.”