ONS figures show pandemic is not over, say experts, with Omicron variants probably to blame
Prof Azra Ghani, an epidemiologist at Imperial College London, said the latest figures were not surprising, and might rise further.
Prof Christina Pagel of University College London said the rise in infections would cause more strain on anSign up to First Edition, our free daily newsletter – every weekday morning at 7am BST, although admission to intensive care units remains low.Royal Academy of Engineering While Edmunds said it was difficult to know how high infection levels would reach in the short term, and that it was challenging to extrapolate from other countries who had weathered the variants, he said there was no need to panic, given BA.4 and BA.5 had not caused devastation elsewhere.
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