BBCNEWS BBC News at Six February 16, 2022 18:17:00
To be taken at home. the hospital pharmacy is dispatching prescriptions to high—risk adults newly diagnosed with covid. in trials, paxlovid cut the risk of hospital admission by nearly 90%. as you can see today we've got two empty beds. so we can immediately admit two critically ill patients who require intensive care. the reduction in pressure on the nhs is largely due to vaccines which are keeping the vulnerable out of hospital. the milder omicron variant is also helping. it's a very different situation to where we were during the peak of the pandemic, with the unit entirely full of covid....