How does government decide what Tiers areas are put into? Boris Johnson promised to base Tier allocation on ‘common sense’, and the government’s ‘Winter Plan’ set out a series of metrics to be used. They are: Case detection rates in all age groups;Case detection rates in the over 60s;The rate at which cases are rising or falling;Positivity rate (the number of positive cases detected as a percentage of tests taken); andPressure on the NHS, including current and projected occupancy.However, there are no specific numerical trigger points, and the document added that there will be ‘some flexibility to weight these indicators against each other as the context demands’. ’For example, hospital capacity in a given area will need to be considered in the light of the capacity in neighbouring areas and the feasibility of moving patients,’ the document said. ’Case detection rates will need to be weighted against whether the spread of the virus appears to be localised to particular communities.’ Advertisement Boris Johnson tonight begged people to get on board with new Tiers despite fury at the ‘vague and inconsistent’ rules that have seen 99 per cent of England plunged into the toughest curbs. At a Downing Street press conference, the PM insisted… Read full this story
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