Is There Any Hope for Hospitalizations in the New Year?

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The U.K. Government has instead said that it wold be keeping a constant eye on how infections trans into hospitalizations. So what might the weeks and months ahead look like if omicron continues to spread rapidly? And are there any glimmers of hope with 20 22 on the horizon?

Yesterday, daily cases in the UK exceeded 100,000 for the first time since the pandemic began. Despite this, the government has stuck to its guns in refusing to introduce any restrictions in England before Christmas Day. Yesterday also saw the publishing of a report from a team at Imperial College London that suggests, in the UK, the risk of a hospital stay is 40% lower with Omicron than Delta. To find out what all this means for the weeks and months ahead, Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod