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Information on pathogen diversity can be used to investigate transmission dynamics and predict intervention outcomes. The resolution at which the pathogens can be identified determines the utility of such data in models. However, models can quickly become complicated if every variant has to be explicitly modelled.  In this seminar, the speaker will present past and ongoing work looking at how the addition of genetic data improved model inference in two different settings. 

EXCLUSIVE: NHS leaders and think-tanks today called for self-isolation to be cut to five days as long as it does not risk spreading the virus further.

Tony Stein, chief executive of Healthcare Management Solutions (HCMS), has called on the Government to remove isolation requirements for people with Covid who are asymptomatic.

Matthew Taylor, head of the NHS Confederation which represents hospital trusts, said it should be slashed to five days as long as it is backed up by the science.

According to Government modelling, up to 2million people could catch Omicron per day this winter, which could push the UK into a de facto lockdown with so many isolating.

Holidaymakers returning from Mexico spoke of their anger at having to spend thousands of pounds to flee the country before it is placed on the red list and forcing them to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days.

Share It comes just days after changes to the NHS Covid app this week mean people will now be forced to isolate only if they have come into close contact with an asymptomatic coronavirus case in the two days before they test positive. Previously it had gone through a five-day window of an infected persons contacts to send ping alerts. The major climbdown by the Government means tens of thousands of Britons will now be spared self-isolation. While it came as a relief to many, economists called ...

Englands pingdemic chaos is only getting worse  A record 1.5million people were asked to self-isolate to thwart the spread of coronavirus for the week to July 21, official data revealed today as Englands pingdemic chaos continues to rage on. NHS figures show nearly 690,000 alerts were sent out by the NHS app last week — the most since the voluntary software was introduced.  A further 536,000 people were reached by Test and Trace call handlers and ordered to quarantine at home, while 308,000...