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Nonessential shops have to close by 5pm. this is to try to relieve pressure on the health service and the hospitals are overwhelmed. they don�*t have enough intensive care beds and operations are being cancelled. the boosterjabs have been slow to roll out here so it is the over 80s and health workers who are just being called forward for their boosters. now they have this new variant to contend with. more testing being carried out throughout today. testing being carried out throughout toda . �* ., ., ., ., today. anna holligan token to as early from _ today. anna holligan token to as early...

Of young adults, if you look at the over 60s and over 80s, numbers have been falling very steeply, especially in the last week or so. there a month or so ago we were seeing a rise in cases among all age groups, right now we are seeing rises among the young but steep falls among those who have had a third dose. we falls among those who have had a third dose. ~ . falls among those who have had a third dose-— third dose. we are calling it a booster- _ third dose. we are calling it a booster. how _ third dose. we are calling it a booster. how accurate - third dose. we are calling it a booster. h...

In the over 80 category, we're seeing the speed of the epidemic is slowing quite obviously in the over 80s and also starting in those over 60, so it may well be the case that the booster vaccine is the thing that is going to make the big difference. the other thing we have seen in recent weeks, we have seen significant waves of infection, really, going back to earlyjuly, and these waves have actually not been sustained for very long before we have seen declines. we may already be starting to see the first of that. i think, as you probably gathered, it is difficult to be absolutely certain, but...

0penshaw has said today? it is you agree with what professor openshaw has said today? it is very difficult at this — openshaw has said today? it is very difficult at this stage _ openshaw has said today? it is very difficult at this stage to _ openshaw has said today? it is very difficult at this stage to know - difficult at this stage to know exactly what is going to be happening in coming weeks. what we are seeing is some early evidence that actually, the booster dose might be having a pretty impressive impact. in the over 80 category, we are seeing the speed of the epidemic is slowing qui...

Going up and down a bit like a yo—yo really sincejuly, and at the moment, it's not clear really since july, and at the moment, it's not clear whether what we're seeing at the moment will continue to increase as we move towards christmas, or, as some modellers have suggested, actually will peak sometime this month and then start declining. and i think it is going to become more obvious, hopefully, in the coming days, how this is going to continue. i think there are early signs that the booster campaign may be reducing the risk to the over—80s, which are the group most likely to die, most li...