Hospital Restricts Visitors Over COVID-19 Fears, Staff Shortage

  • Omicron is now responsible for 90 per cent of cases in the UK…

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a hospital has banned visitors in response to growing COVID-19 cases.

Patients being treated at Northampton General Hospital will no longer be able to receive visitors, in a ‘difficult decision’ for the trust.

It comes after NHS chiefs today said that further restrictions were not needed, but that changes would be made if Omicron surged further.

Read also: South Africa Suggests Omicron Wave May Have Peaked

Omicron is now responsible for 90 per cent of cases in the UK and has taken over from the Delta variant.

It comes as a string of hugely positive studies show Omicron IS milder than other strains, with the first official UK report revealing the risk of hospitalisation is 50 to 70 per cent lower than with Delta.

COVID-19 booster jabs protect against Omicron and offer the best chance to get through the pandemic, health officials have repeatedly said.

Click to watch our video of the week 

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE 

Omicron: UK Pledges £105m Aid To Nigeria, Other African Countries

  • Omicron is now responsible for 90 per cent of cases in the UK…

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a hospital has banned visitors in response to growing COVID-19 cases.

Patients being treated at Northampton General Hospital will no longer be able to receive visitors, in a ‘difficult decision’ for the trust.

It comes after NHS chiefs today said that further restrictions were not needed, but that changes would be made if Omicron surged further.

Read also: South Africa Suggests Omicron Wave May Have Peaked

Omicron is now responsible for 90 per cent of cases in the UK and has taken over from the Delta variant.

It comes as a string of hugely positive studies show Omicron IS milder than other strains, with the first official UK report revealing the risk of hospitalisation is 50 to 70 per cent lower than with Delta.

COVID-19 booster jabs protect against Omicron and offer the best chance to get through the pandemic, health officials have repeatedly said.

Click to watch our video of the week 

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE 

Omicron: UK Pledges £105m Aid To Nigeria, Other African Countries

Yinka Akanbi

Yinka is an aesthete and a cosmopolite.

Share
Published by
Yinka Akanbi

Recent Posts

Plenary Turns Dramatic As Tinubu’s Economic Team Presents Tax Reform Bills

There was mild drama at the National Assembly on Wednesday as the Senate debated the…

8 hours ago

BREAKING: Tinubu Arrives In France For State Visit

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived in Paris, France, for a three-day official visit…

8 hours ago

Port Harcourt Refinery: Blending, Refining Not The Same – NNPC Clarifies

The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has urged Nigerians to dismiss claims discrediting the…

8 hours ago