The Public Health England (PHE) has disclosed that about 60,000 lives have been saved from Coronavirus deaths while 22 million infections have been prevented by the United Kingdom (UK’s) vaccination programme.
The Independent of UK also reports that the new official figures from the PHE shows that the pandemic is being tackled for healthy lives.
The PHE also estimated that some 95.5 per cent of the adult population now have antibodies to Covid-19 from either infection or vaccination, raising hopes that the country may be moving towards “herd immunity”. Deputy chief medical officer, Jonathan Van-Tam, called the programme a “truly massive” success.
But he issued a warning that the pandemic is not yet over, dismissing the recent claim of an unnamed senior minister that the Covid crisis was “all over bar the shouting”. “I wish it were so,” said Professor Van-Tam.
“I hope the worst is behind us, but I think it’s quite possible we will have one or two bumpy periods in the autumn and winter, “ Van-Tam added.
He was speaking as daily positive cases rose for the second day in succession, reversing a week-long trend of falling numbers.
