This graph shows how Covid hospitalisations have started to level off in Israel just two weeks after its booster programme began. The scientists rely on more than a million people reporting their symptoms to a mobile app and whether they have tested positive to estimate Covid cases. Fears are growing that England will face an explosion in Covid cases over the coming week as millions of children return to classrooms following the summer holidays. And former UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who chairs the Commons health committee, said Israel's campaign was reducing rates of severe illness. Patients who are eligible are listed abovePHE's weekly report showed Covid cases fell among under-40s at the end of August, in the latest week data is available.

Source: Daily Mail September 02, 2021 13:52 UTC