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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.