
Hospitals forced to reintroduce masks after spike in Covid admissions
The IndependentSign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Figures published by the NHS also show the number of patients in hospital with Covid last week grew to an average of 4,046 each day, compared to an average of 3,751 in the week prior. Meanwhile, flu admissions are also on the rise as weekly figures show there were an average of 1,548 flu patients in hospital each day last week, including 107 in critical care – up from 1,312 in the last week of December 2023. Last week the head of the U.N. health agency Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of Covid-19 last month.
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