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Covid alert level across UK downgraded as number of severe cases falls

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The Covid-19 alert level across the UK has been downgraded after the number of reported cases has fallen. The chief medical officers of the UK nations and the national medical director of the NHS in England have jointly recommended that the Covid alert level moves from level three to level two.

A level two alert means that "Covid-19 is in general circulation but direct Covid-19 healthcare pressures and transmission are declining or stable".

They said the Covid-19 wave of the Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 is "subsiding". Rates of Covid in the community have decreased as have the number of severe cases needing hospital care, they added.However, they said that further Covid surges are "likely" as they urged people to take up the offer of vaccination.

The autumn booster campaign is due to start within days."Based on UK Health Security Agency advice, the UK chief medical officers and NHS England national medical director have recommended to ministers the Covid alert level moves from level three to level two," they said in a statement. "Hospitals and the wider health systems remain extremely busy overall but the summer BA.4 and BA.5 wave is subsiding and direct Covid severe illness is now a much smaller proportion of this.

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