The UK may have reached the peak of the epidemic after 4 months of opening 5
According to scientists from Zoe Covid, the nCoV infection monitoring program in the UK supported by analysis by King’s College London, the number of Covid-19 cases in people under 18 years old began to decrease clearly from mid-October,
`Young people are the cause of the highest increase in cases and according to our data, the trend of increasing cases has ended,` Professor Tim Spector, researcher leading the Zoe Covid program, November 4
The comment that the UK has reached the peak of the epidemic was made by Zoe Covid 4 months after the country opened its doors, declaring `Freedom Day` from 0:00 on July 19.
Yesterday, the UK reported an additional 37,269 Covid-19 cases, slightly down from the 41,299 announced a day earlier.
The number of infections in the UK has increased sharply in the past two months, after the government lifted all anti-epidemic measures on July 19.
British Covid-19 patient is transferred to an ambulance in front of Guy’s hospital, London, December 2020.
Most children infected with the virus have not been vaccinated against Covid-19.
High and persistent infection rates in schools have raised the level of immunity in the community.
Researchers at Imperial College also reached similar conclusions with data collected at the end of October. Meanwhile, some scientists warn that the decrease in infections is only temporary, due to children taking breaks from school.
Statistics expert Kevin McConway warns that the next developments of the Covid-19 epidemic are still extremely unpredictable and the decline may not last long.
`We can hope that we have reached the peak of the epidemic in 2021, but we still need to plan carefully in case the epidemic peak is still far away,` he said.
Mark Woolhouse, an epidemiologist at the University of Edinburgh, is more concerned about the increase in infections among elderly and high-risk groups.
