The Nando-style Covid alert levels were posted just as cases were beginning to rise again.
This is the latest step back into pre-pandemic life following the announcement that the NHS Covid app will be shut down next month.
Government scientists have decided to scrap the sliding scale system that indicates the threat level of the virus.
Officials have said this is no longer necessary as the majority of the population is now no longer at risk of serious illness from Covid.
They say this is due to widespread vaccine uptake, infection immunity and available treatments for people classified as vulnerable.
The Nando-style Covid alert levels were posted just as cases were beginning to rise again
Analysts from the Office for National Statistics estimate that nearly 1.7 million Britons carried the virus on any day of the week ended March 13. This is an increase of almost 14 percent from the week before
The software, downloaded more than 31 million times, was responsible for the hated “pingdemic”. Brits have been encouraged to enter their positive test results into the app so it can send alerts to anyone they have recently been close to let them know they have been infected and should isolate
Alert scales have been an important tool during the pandemic as they keep the public informed of the current threat situation.
And his retirement comes days after officials announced the NHS’ Covid app will be shutting down next month.
Downloaded more than 31 million times in England and Wales, the software was responsible for the hated ‘pingdemic’.
The app urged people to self-isolate for up to 10 days if they were in close contact – within two meters for more than 15 minutes – of an infected person.
While Brits have never been legally obliged to do so, hundreds of thousands a week have been told to self-isolate at the height of the “pingdemic” in the summer of 2021.
In addition, the long-running UK Covid survey has also been scrapped.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) Covid Infection Survey published its last regular report last week – almost three years since it was launched in April 2020.
But the end of the survey comes along with the warnings and the NHS app as infections from the virus surge to their highest level in England in 2023.
The ONS poll’s swan song report warned that up to one in 40 people across the country has been infected with the virus, with as many as one in 17 in some parts.
Its final report estimated nearly 1.7 million Britons were carrying the virus on any day of the week up to March 13. This was an increase of almost 14 percent from the week before.
Leading experts fear the outbreak will continue to gather momentum in the coming weeks as part of the virus’s natural cycle.
Some have even called for face masks to be returned.
Government scientists have decided to scrap the sliding scale system that indicates the threat level of the virus
The North West recorded the highest Covid prevalence in England, with an estimated 4.14 per cent of those infected. That equates to around one in 25, although the ONS said it could be as high as one in 17. The East Midlands followed with 3.36 percent
Analysts from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimate that nearly 1.73 million Britons carried the virus on any day of the week ended March 13. This is an increase of almost 14 per cent from the week before, when an estimated 1.52million Britons were estimated to be infected
GP practices in parts of the country have even started canceling appointments because the recovery has left them with “exceptionally low” staffing levels.
Michelle Bowen, head of health surveillance dissemination at the ONS, said: “This week’s data shows infections are rising in England.
“However, the trend in the rest of the UK is uncertain.
“In England, positivity increased among children and people aged 50 and over. The North West, East Midlands and South East of England all saw increases in infections, although the trend in all other regions is uncertain.’
For the past few months, the ONS survey had helped track the scale and progress of the 2022 Christmas wave, which peaked with almost three million infections, as well as the recent spike in the prevalence of the virus.
In the absence of official estimates of Covid levels, the data on hospital admissions recorded by the NHS will be one of the few remaining sources of data, alongside death registrations, to give a sense of prevalence.
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