Gemma Owen has fuelled the rumour mill in her latest social media post. The Love Island star, who finished the ITV2 dating show in second place alongside partner Luca Bish, is reportedly set to sign a 'six-figure deal' with a major fashion brand.
22.07.2022 - 21:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The knock-on effects of the latest coronavirus peak will be felt for 'some months' by NHS hospital and care services, Manchester's public health director has warned. However, the country is now cresting the wave of infections and should see a decline.
There has been a skyrocketing number of Covid-19 cases of the BA.4 and BA.5 variants in recent months. The renewed prevalence of the virus led to a spiral in hospitalised cases across the region.
Inpatient beds are scarce as some 17 per cent of all beds in Greater Manchester are now being taken up by Covid positive patients, according to the incoming Greater Manchester NHS boss, Sir Richard Leese. That figure translates to around 1,000 of all general, acute and adult critical care beds in the region.
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"The ONS survey did show an increase, 1 in 19 people [with a coronavirus infection]," explained Manchester's Director of Public Health, David Regan, to Manchester City Council's health scrutiny committee this week. "The good news is we are at or near the peak in England, they've reached the peak in Scotland. But we'll see the knock-on effects impacting our hospitals and care services for some months yet because it's a very slow decline from the peak."
Mr Regan added that NHS staff absences due to Covid were a 'significant challenge prior to the heatwave'. The heatwave only added to the strain on the wider NHS system as heat-related illnesses and injuries have dropped on hospitals and ambulances in recent days.
But latest UK Health Security Agency and Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures show that infections and hospitalisations are showing signs
Gemma Owen has fuelled the rumour mill in her latest social media post. The Love Island star, who finished the ITV2 dating show in second place alongside partner Luca Bish, is reportedly set to sign a 'six-figure deal' with a major fashion brand.
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