The next few weeks will be crucial in determining whether coronavirus restrictions in England can be lifted next month, experts have said.
Current data suggests that although hospital admissions are rising in some parts of the country affected by the Indian variant, overall admissions remain broadly flat.
Some experts on Friday argued that restrictions should remain in place until more of the population have received both vaccine doses, with Professor Christina Pagel, from University College London and a member of Independent Sage, saying reopening should be delayed for a few more months.
But the chief executive of industry body UK Hospitality, Kate Nicholls, said it was “absolutely critical” that the remainder of the hospitality sector is allowed to unlock on June 21.
MEDICS are seeing significant numbers of patients in their 30s and 40s with coronavirus being admitted to the Royal Bolton Hospital. Dr Helen Wall, senior responsible officer for the Covid vaccine programme in Bolton, said there are significant numbers of 30- and 40-year-olds going into hospital there. And she told BBC Radio 4 s Today programme that tens of thousands of people in the area have only just become eligible for the vaccine. Her interview has come as it is agreed the next few weeks will be crucial in determining whether coronavirus restrictions in England can be lifted next month. Dr Wall said though that hospitals were seeing patients who were far less sick than previous Covid patients.