The Friday Report is our regular fortnightly update with a summary of the key papers and analyses that we’ve looked at recently.
This week we report on:
- Good progress with the booster roll-out
- Israel and Chile roll out fourth vaccine doses
- JCVI advise no need yet for a fourth dose in the UK
- Paxlovid antiviral approved for use in the UK
- T cell responses hold up against Omicron
- Uncovering reasons for Omicron’s success
- Actual hospital admissions compared to modelled scenarios
- Severity of Omicron in Gauteng
- Significant excess deaths in South Africa in December
- ONS Infection Study shows record prevalence
- ONS Long COVID Study
- UKHSA report shows significant reinfections
And finally, do you know your new words and phrases from 2021?