Covid cases horror as third of hospital patients under 65 with peak yet to come

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Boris Johnson has warned that a third of Covid patients admitted to hospital are under 65. Speaking from Downing Street, he said: “What we can’t have is any false sense of security so that we, as it were, lift the restrictions altogether and then the disease really runs riot in the younger generations.”

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The Prime Minister said around one-third of Covid patients admitted to hospital are under 65, while a quarter are under 55.

“So it can affect and does affect huge numbers of younger people as well, often very badly, and the risk is that those numbers would be greatly inflated if we let go too soon in circumstances where the disease was really rampant.

“That is not to say that I don’t want to try to get to relaxations as soon as we reasonably can – but there are a lot of things that have to go right.”

Chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance stressed that it is a “suppressed peak” that would “boil over for sure” if controls are eased.

He said: “This is not the natural peak that’s going to come down on its own, it’s coming down because of the measures that are in place.

“Take the lid off now and it’s going to boil over for sure and we’re going to end up with a big problem.

“And that’s a lesson about making sure it’s all cooled down enough before you get to that position.

“So I don’t think we should view the point as a natural turning point in the disease, it is a suppressed peak that we need to keep on top of.”

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