COVID-19 admissions to St Mary’s Hospital are increasing — but none are the new variant that has hit the headlines.
It comes after a warning from senior health officials the Island could see a greater level of COVID-19 cases this winter than last year.
When patients arrive at St Mary’s Hospital, in Newport, they are tested for COVID-19 and so far, in the last 3 months, the Isle of Wight NHS Trust has seen an increase in patients presenting with COVID-19 each month.
Speaking at a meeting of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust Board last week, medical director Steve Parker said he did wonder whether the coughs and sneezes around at the moment were unidentified COVID-19 cases. He said as a country we were now living with the viral infection, where testing, reporting and isolation have been reduced.
Dr Parker said in June there were 9 COVID-19 admissions to St Mary’s, followed by 16 in July and 33 in August, a trend which mirrored the national picture.
Of the COVID-19 infections at the hospital, until the end of August, Dr Parker said there were a range of variants but none were the new gene, which health bodies have said is the most concerning one since Omicron was first detected at the end of 2021.
The NHS has rolled forward its winter booster COVID-19 vaccination programme to protect the most vulnerable from illness and reduce the potential impact it may have on the health service. St Mary’s vaccination clinic opened earlier this week.
To book your COVID-19 vaccine, you can do so via the NHS website at www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/covid-19-services/covid-19-vaccination-services/book-covid-19-vaccination/, via the NHS App or by phoning the COVID-19 number 119.
Never been isolated or proven.
How many have you infected? Thank you for letting us know how inconsiderate and selfish you are.
Why should they let you know? There are no requirements around this. I think you should look at yourself for selfishness thinking you are entitled to something you aren’t.
People’s job to keep themselves safe, not mine.
Get a grip. It’s no worse than a cold or flu…
don’t start that tosh again
Tell me about it … yawn
A quick question if I may:
Are those testing positive being admitted because they have Covid or is this secondary to the reason for their admission?
Secondary. You have to be tested for the virus before being admitted and this is just a case of people testing positive when being admitted for something else. No doubt all the scare mongering will start again. The new variant is seeing a big increase in cases, but so far not a single person has died from it. This is just another “non-story” to scare people.
Catching it once there as the hygiene is crap
Have to say it was inA/E the other day no hand washing by staff, no gloves… And no hand gel! And patients crammed in alongside each other
Exactly! But I get thumbs down…you don’t. Some sad buggers on here against certain truth speakers on here obv
Surely the only people testing now are hospital staff and teachers and that only so they can get more time off on full pay
Where is your “evidence” that only those workers get fully paid sick leave?
Quick get that face nappy’s on again!! Bloody ridiculous all this rubbish!
If everyone had used their brains and used a mask at the right times and exercised basic hygiene we would never have had to have lock down. It is as simple as that. But god forbid you have a minor inconvenience of thinking about others. Unfortunately too many people who are too thick to think for themselves fall for the idiots on social media that say it’s all fake. Basic hygiene saves lives.
Just checking Fred, that you’ve now seen the data that proves masks are pointless?
basic hygiene is important not just for Covid
The data unequivocally demonstrate the opposite. Don’t believe all the rubbish you hear from retarded youtubers.
please supply links to this data , i am interested.
The Cochran report is the finest in the world and they proved masks are useless.
‘If everything had used their brains’, they wouldn’t have regretted have pointless vaccines, & wearing a stupid rag on their face!
Fred doesn’t have a brain.
Lol.. You believe the mask crap?!! Really? Still?? Oh dear…
Of course it is they never told you to wear them with the flu because they know they don’t stop anything.
So this is where all the people who have a lower IQ than the average person hang out.
Quick get your mask on Fred theirs a cold doing the rounds! Your delusional if you think that flimsy bit of cloths going to save you from what they said was the worlds worst pandemic! It’s all scaremongering aimed at wet wipes like you! Big money in all this ruubish Fred, but you carry on watching the news instead of opening your eyes to what’s really going on
Bet you don’t wash your hands after having a s**t either.
So why do doctors/surgeons/nurses wear face masks during open surgery? To look pretty.
I hope nobody wears any gloves or masks if you have to have surgery.
We will see how well you recover.
A mask is a filter. Do you understand the meaning of that word? The filter prevents airborne virus particles from entering your nose and mouth, as well as preventing them from exiting your mouth and nose to affect others. The principle is extremely simple. It is a preventative barrier. Bit like wearing a condom, which your father should have done.
The abstract from the jrsm , reputable journal on the use of surgical face masks .states” overall there is a lack of substantial evidence to support claims that facemasks protect either patient or surgeon from infectious contamination. More rigorous contemporary research is needed to make a definitive comment on the effectiveness of surgical facemasks.”
Try this review from JRSM in 2020:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7835129/
“The findings of this systematic review and meta-analysis support the use of face masks in a community setting”
“One laboratory study suggested a viral load reduction of 0.25 (95% CI 0.09–0.67) in favor of mask vs. no mask.”
More recent studies all support the effectiveness of masks.
Try applying a bit of science to your thinking Hammy. It is established fact that the virus particles measure precisely one micron. That is one one thousandth of a millimetre. Trying to use a face mask to catch virus particles would be akin to trying to use a colander to hold water, in other words, pointless. Masks would, however, catch water droplets to help stop the spread of the common cold.
Yet again you are wrong on all points. The SARS CoV-2 virus actually measures 60-140 nm. However, the virus is not transmitted in isolation but instead it is transmitted in respiratory droplets released by sneezing, coughing, or even just by talking. These droplets measure 4 to 100 microns.The small ones can stay in the air for up to 4 hours. Depending on their quality, standard masks formed of layers of overlapping fibres can stop 95-99% of droplets measuring 0.3 microns or more. That is a good level of protection.
I fully understand how a mask works your sarcastic little weasel, I mean look at what’s worn when say removing asbestos, look at what a sprayer wears when painting, even just what’s needed when putting insulation in your loft, fitted masks/respirators. Now you smart little turd, if covid was really as bad as they say it was would they really of told you to repurpose your old pants to strap round your face during the so called peak? No, carrying on believing all the rubbish, Ive caught the supposed covid and I’ve had worse hangovers, they need worriers like you to push there ideas forward, your just a sheep, go get your vaccine hope you don’t get any clots
Always comes down to money in the end…
Ha, ha, hoisted by your own pittard, Fred.
Absolutely NO REASON for ie too have even posted this article what so ever
It’s money making season so let’s start the covid scaremongering early..gently…but early! It’s not a killer no more than any other virus would kill same type of person and its here too stay.if your daft enough too put this years ALL NEW bells n whistles tested only on mice flue covid mixture vaccine inside uou then go for it
More fool you
Thanks for your eloquent and highly lucid explanation Jen.
Good grief! Do these morons actually think we want to read their illiterate tripe?
If we all truly honest lockdown was awful, but it was needed and it kept people safe. Kids missed on school and adults were trapped inside. Some people it brought closer together others apart.
It doesn’t matter what people say, unless you saw 1st hand someone die of this and how horrific it was being alone going through it. Of course your gonna think oh this rubbish again.
But the NHS was amazing and people did what they could in a bad situation.
Think before being a keyboard warrior
Here we go, the knuckle dragging morons with more comments they think is fact, at it again!
Boring, can we have some relevant news, please
An inlaw of mine went to have a flu jab yesterday and
he mentioned the Covid Booster and the Nurse said she
does not recommend it.
Honesty is finally coming out.
It was a real Hospital in London
Many people are now finally waking up to what is going on.
The Jab gives them the virus, bit like what the flu jab does.
My advise is steer clear.
I remember seeing the mainland Doctor on TV when he told the then
Health Secretary “Sajid Jabid” that he would not be taking the jab.
I agree with the Dr, natural immunity wins every time.
The problem is those who have fallen or been brainwashed about the virus have almost certainly only got there news from the BBC and the mainstream media who do not have the interests of the general public at heart. A comparison to that is a huge percentage of Russians believe that Putin is right because they get their news from State television. The Covid fiasco shows how easy it is to brainwash a public out of fear in a very short space of time. Everyone should read George Orwell’s ‘1984’.
Any excuse to use up that Jibber jabber. Get your cards ready for your next stamp people. You will win that microwave.
‘There’ should read ‘Their’. Blame the computer!
You mean the flu is here.
Of course. Summer is over, this scare mongering scam is back. Surely everyone knows this isn’t legit by now?
Oh just stop with the covid BS. We’re all fed up with it! I wasn’t tested when I was admitted in August, so that’s a load of rubbish. False figures again…
Here we go again. The control freaks and mask fanatics will be at it again.