BBCNEWS BBC News at One June 4, 2024 12:21:00
Worrying for employers with absences, for example in the nhs and social care. not necessarily so worrying for hospitals in terms of numbers of seriously ill people, because we know that omicron is milder when it comes to making people seriously ill. worrying in a different way for someone who has an underlying health condition, a compromised immune system, who is going to be cautious about coming out. there are groups that feel a bit left out of the debates and the fact that covid is spreading and writing quite fast is a worry. so, the numbers are up 29%, 3.5 million in the week to last weeken...