Professor Christina Pagel, of University College London, told the Independent Scientific Advisory Group for Emergency: “We will have a new wave of infections this month. Now hopefully it will not be as high as the previous two waves and may be lower. “But we can not rely on that and we will see more people get infected anyway.” Professor Pagel said that there are currently four variants of the Omicron “all growing rapidly”, while the previous wave in March had two variants. He added: “It is not surprising that we have a new wave that we can see in the data. What happened is that people do not want to look, and we kind of close our eyes to that. “This is now our third wave in six months. So we had about six months of Delta, now we are every two months of Omicron. “Omicron guys are better than Omicron in succession – that did not happen with Delta.” The Independent Sage scientist said it was “not a big deal” that this new wave hit just as the Jubilee weekend happened, with increased community involvement. The news comes as the Office for National Statistics reveals that Covid infections in the community were showing signs of rising after two months of falling. At the same time, Covid imports in the UK are rising again, with the latest figures showing 4,262 patients in hospital with Covid by June 10, up from 3,800 on June 3. On June 1, the NHS sent letters to hospitals and medical practitioners outlining new infection control measures that included removing the requirement for patients to wear masks. During the Independent Sage meeting, Dr Helen Salisbury said the move was “disappointing” and there was no good reason for it. On Thursday, Dr Jamie Lopez Bernal, an epidemiological consultant for immunization and countermeasures at the United Kingdom Health Insurance Agency (UKHSA), said: disease. If you have not yet received the offer of a vaccine or have missed your last vaccine, come now. “Recent data show a slight increase in positivity rates and Covid-19 hospitalizations. “These small increases should be interpreted with caution, as the data may be subject to delays due to the jubilee bank holiday.” Earlier this week, John Roberts, a member of the Covid-19 Actuaries Group, told the Independent that there would be an increase in imports and a new wave.
